[Python-Dev] printing xrange objects (original) (raw)

Thomas Wouters thomas@xs4all.net
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:30:23 +0200

On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 11:14:57AM -0400, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:

Thomas Wouters writes: > >>> x = xrange(1000) > >>> repr(x) > (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, > ... ... ... > ... 998, 999) > > >>> str(x) > '(xrange(0, 1000, 1) * 1)'

What version is this with? 1.5.2 gives me:

Python 1.5.2 (#1, May 9 2000, 15:05:56) [GCC 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)] on linux-i386 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam >>> x = xrange(2) >>> str(x) '(xrange(0, 2, 1) * 1)' >>> repr(x) '(xrange(0, 2, 1) * 1)' >>> x (0, 1)

Sorry, my bad. I just did 'x', and assumed it called repr(). I guess my newbiehood shows in that I thought 'print x' always called 'str(x)'. Like I replied to Tim this morning, after he caught me in the same kind of ebmarrasing thinko:

Sigh, that's what I get for getting up when my GF had to and being at the office at 8am. Don't mind my postings today, they're likely 99% brainfart.

Seeing as how 'print "range: %s"%x' did already use the 'str' and 'repr' output, I see no reason not to make 'print x' do the same. So +1.

>>> x xrange(0, 2, 1)

(Where the outer (... * n) is added only when n != 1, 'cause I think that's just ugly.)

Why not remove the first and last argument, if they are respectively 0 and 1?

xrange(100) xrange(100) xrange(10,100) xrange(10, 100)

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