In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Colin J. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Your point about iterators is well taken, but it seems that the range is
>used sufficiently frequently that some syntactic form would be helpful.
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>Colin W.
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A personal reaction: part of the judgment guiding
Python now and for some time in the past is a bias
toward NOT "multiplying entities". I believe Guido
and his lieutenants think in terms of, "if a syntax
*might* be helpful, leave it out; only if it's
compelling/necessary/... do we change the language."
Perhaps you know this already. In any case, Python
leadership is wary that pursuit of local
optimizations--like your range suggestion--can
damage global prospects for the language.
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