On Oct 24, 6:44 pm, Michal Bozon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > many Python newcomers are confused why > range(10), does not include 10. > > If there was a proposal for the new > syntax for ranges, which is known > e.g. from Pascal or Ruby... > > >>> [0..10] > > [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] > > ...is there a chance to be approved ? > > We have had a short discussion on it > at the irc, I hope that the fact > that nobody agreed it is a good idea > was just an accident :)
No, sorry, it's just not going to happen. In fact, the opposite is happening. Python is removing the few cases that use a closed interval. For example, random.randint(a,b), which returned a random integer in range a to b inclusive, was deprecated in favor of random.randrange(a,b), which generates a random integer in range a to b, not inclusive. The advantages of open ranges are especially apparent to someone like me, who uses Python at home, then has to go to work and Matlab. It's not that I accidentally use open intervals a lot (I've gotten into the habit of making sure I am using closed intervals whenever my tension level is high :), but all the extra "+1"s and "-1"s that I need when splicing arrays gets pretty old. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
