Kent Johnson wrote: > bob gailer wrote: > > >> I disagree based on PEP 3100 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3100/) >> >> Built-in Namespace: >> - Make built-ins return an iterator where appropriate (e.g. range(), >> zip(), map(), filter(), etc.) >> >> To be removed: >> - xrange(): use range() instead >> > > Right, that's a good clarification. > > xrange() is being renamed to range(), so there will be no xrange() and > range() will return an iterator rather than a list. > > Hmm, does that mean that the arguments to range() will be restricted to > long integers? > Well the same PEP says:
Atomic Types: - Remove distinction between int and long types -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
