Ian Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote: >> I'd call range() an iterable. > > I'd even go so far as to call it a sequence. > >>>> from collections import Sequence >>>> issubclass(range, Sequence) > True If you want to be as specific as possible call it a range ;)