iters on ints? (reducing the need for range/xrange)
Skip Montanaro
montanaro at tttech.com
Sat Nov 10 05:43:54 EST 2001
Tim> This isn't even half as disgusting as most people will say it is
Tim> <wink>. I rather like it! Write a PEP.
Paul> The trouble is as someone else noted, "for i in 10" replaces "for
Paul> i in range(10)". But how do you handle range(1,10)? "for i in
Paul> 1,10" does precisely the wrong thing.
Hence the reason for a PEP. ;-) It helps people collect all the pros and
cons in one place, lessening the chances that something significant is
missed. Writing a PEP doesn't mean it will be accepted, just that
the idea merits consideration.
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