built in list generator?

[Ethan Furman]

Ben Finney wrote:

> Subject:
> Re: built in list generator?
> From:
> Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au>
> Date:
> Wed, 14 May 2008 09:43:43 +1000
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>"Diez B. Roggisch" <deets at nospam.web.de> writes:
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>>globalrev schrieb:
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>>>if i want  a list with all numbers between x and y is there a way to
>>>do this with an inbult function.
>>>
>>>i mean i can always construct a function to do this but is there
>>>soemthing like:
>>>
>>>nbrs = list(range(50,100, 2))
>>>      
>>>
>>range *does* that. use xrange if all you want is to iterate.
>>    
>>
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>Until Python 3.0, where 'range' returns an iterable.
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Is there a thread somewhere of the discussion for this change?  I'm 
presuming range is used almost exclusively in loops where a change in 
the return type would have no negative effect.
--
Ethan
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