Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: On the issue of whether len(range()) should be allowed to be > sys.maxsize, I think this should be allowed. I think in the future we should change the __len__ protocol to allow unbounded lengths. Even today, I think range(10**100).__len__() should return 10**100 rather than raising an OverflowError, even if len(range(10**100)) raises OverflowError.
I also think ranges should be introspectable, exposing their start, stop and step values just like slice objects. Probably all those changes are for post 3.0. ---------- nosy: +gvanrossum _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2690> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
