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

Cameron Simpson cs at zip.com.au
Mon Oct 4 05:58:20 CEST 2010

On 03Oct2010 20:04, Eviatar Bach <eviatarbach at gmail.com> wrote: | I have a proposal 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. Of course, if this were done, slicing | behaviour would have to be adjusted accordingly.

1: take this to python-ieas please instead of python-dev. 2: -1; the current behaviour is, IMHO, highly desirable. Example: x=3; y=7; z=12 s='ahahahahahahahaha' assert s[:x]+s[x:y]+s[y:z]+s[z:] == s No icky +1 hacks in there. 3: I find myself doing the +1 thing very _un_often, myself.

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