[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes:
> > Oh come on, [5,4,..0] is much easier to read than range(5,-1,-1).
>
> But not easier than reversed(range(6))
Heh, I like that, and reversed(xrange(6)) appears to do the right
thing too. I didn't know about __reversed__ before.
> [[the 5 in one of the two
> expressions in your sentence has to be an offbyone;-)]]
Are you sure? I could easily be missing something, since it's easy
to be offbyone with this stuff, but when I try it I get:
Python 2.4.1 (#1, May 16 2005, 15:19:29)
[GCC 4.0.0 20050512 (Red Hat 4.0.0-5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> range(5,-1,-1)
[5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
>>>
and (skipping the ascii art banner):
Hugs 98: Based on the Haskell 98 standard
Haskell 98 mode: Restart with command line option -98 to enable extensions
Type :? for help
Hugs.Base> [5,4..0]
[5,4,3,2,1,0]
Hugs.Base>
which is equivalent. (Of course, having to use 6 instead of 5 in
the range(...) version invites an offbyone error).
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