[Python-Dev] Lukewarm about range literals (original) (raw)

Charles G Waldman cgw@fnal.gov
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:48:43 -0500 (CDT)

Guido van Rossum writes:

Alas, it could never work. Look at this:

for i in a:b:c

Does it mean

for i in (a:b) : c

or

for i in a: (b:c)

Of course, it means "for i in the range from a to b-1 with stride c", but as written it's illegal because you'd need another `:' after the c.

I'm postponing this discussion until after Python 2.0 final is released -- the feature freeze is real!

Absolutely. I won't bring this up again, until the approprate time.