Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: It also isn't what range() and xrange() are used for now in 2.x. range() returns an actual list, hence is limited to sequences that fit in a reasonable amount of memory, and xrange() doesn't support values greater than sys.maxint at all (as it uses C ints for its internal storage of the start, stop and step values).
With itertools.count() available for the unbounded iterator case, I think making range() mimic its 2.x counterpart as closely as possible (without the memory inefficiency) will be quite valuable. __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2690> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
