Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Sep 21, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Jaap Spies wrote:
>> sage: sum(i for i in irange(1,10)) >> 55 > > I still think > > sage: sum([1..10]) > 55 > > or > > sage: sum(1..10) > 55 > > is easier to type and understand. I can just see trying to explain to > half the students in a class (who got 45) "see the little 'i' in there." > In one way you are right. I is easier to type. And if you are familiar with the notation a..b, maybe you are understanding what you are doing. But most of SAGE is still Python, so I stick to the more Pythonic alternative! As a better name for irange I suggest now inrange, maybe that is more intelligible: sage: sum(i for i in inrange(1, 10)) 55 Jaap --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
