[Python-Dev] Inclusive Range (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Mon Oct 4 06:00:31 CEST 2010

2010/10/3 Eviatar Bach <eviatarbach at gmail.com>:

Hello,

I have a proposal

See the python-ideas mailing list.

of making the range() function inclusive; that is, range(3) would generate 0, 1, 2, and 3, as opposed to 0, 1, and 2. Not only is it more intuitive, it also seems to be used often, with coders often writing range(0, example+1) to get the intended result. It would be easy to implement, and though significant, is not any more drastic than changing print to a function in Python 3..

Yes, it is. It's much more subtle.

What are your thoughts?

Completely backwards incompatible. -1

-- Regards, Benjamin

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