2011/9/23 Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us>: > Benjamin Peterson wrote: >> >> 2011/9/23 Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us>: > >>> >>> >>> Follow-up question: since the original range returned lists, and >>> comparisons >>> do make sense for lists, should the new range also implement them? >> >> What would be the use-case? > > The only reason I'm aware of at the moment is to prevent loss of > functionality from 2.x range to 3.x range.
range comparisons in 2.x have no functionality. > >>> I note >>> that it does implement __contains__, __getitem__, count, and index in the >>> same way that list does. >> >> That's because it implements the Sequence ABC. > > So the question becomes, Why does it implement the Sequence ABC? Because the > original range returned a list and those operations made sense? I'm not sure what the history is. -- Regards, Benjamin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
