why I don't like range/xrange

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <pan.2007.02.16.16.17.27.576715 at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au>, Steven
D'Aprano wrote:

>> for (i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++)
>>    i = 10;
> 
> 
> This would be written in Python as:
> 
> for i in xrange(10):
>     i = 10

Nope, in Python it's:

for i in xrange(10):
    break

I think his example should demonstrate that assigning to the loop variable
has no effect on the "loop test".  Which IMHO is a good thing.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch