Guido van Rossum wrote: > Do we really need another way to spell a <= x < b?
FWIW, I'd say yes; I sometimes find it a bit difficult to remember how the operator should be placed, there are several possible ways of making a mistake, eg; a > x < b a < x > b a < x < b a > x > b Now, the range syntax seems a bit strange at first, but I find it easier to parse: if x in range(a, b) There's no way to incorrectly parse that, it's immediately known that the programmer tries to see whether x is in a specific range. It seems to be used quite widely already; http://google.com/codesearch?hl=en&q=+%5E.*if%5Cs%2B.*%5Cs%2Bin%5Cs%2Brange%5C(.*%24&start=10&sa=N Johan _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
