On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ..
> I'd like to be able to write > > for i in range(n): > ... > > without having to stop and worry about whether n is always going > to be small enough to avoid an exception, and what to do if there's > a possibility that n is large. I would say that if it is possible that n exceeds a few hundred million, it is a good idea to pause and think whether you want to have this loop implemented in Python to begin with. Numpy or a custom C extention (combined with a 64-bit OS) may be a good idea if you routinely iterate over huge datasets. _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
