Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
This all seems proper to me. In each case, an iterator is returned -- that is
the documented behavior. The specific type of iterator is allowed to vary in
ways that are convenient for the implementation.
Specifically, reversed() will call
Paul Ganssle added the comment:
I believe the relevant code is here:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/bb86bf4c4eaa30b1f5192dab9f389ce0bb61114d/Objects/rangeobject.c#L1038
It looks like it's a performance enhancement and that for ranges where the
beginning and end can fit in a C long,
Paul Ganssle added the comment:
I have edited the title to be a bit more and give more context. Donald, if you
feel I have misrepresented your issue, please feel free to tweak it further.
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title: Minor inconsistancy with types. -> Reversing large ranges results in
