[issue36693] Reversing large ranges results in a minor type inconsistency

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

This all seems proper to me.  In each case, an iterator is returned -- that is the documented behavior.  The specific type of iterator is allowed to vary in ways that are convenient for the implementation.

Specifically, reversed() will call __reversed__() which must return an iterator but its type is allowed to vary.  That is really convenient for handling extreme ranges separately from the fast, common case of smaller ranges.

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nosy: +rhettinger
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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