XLiIV wrote:

The range() function returns a list and list is a sequence, isn't?

I think you're missing the point. To me, there seems to be a fundamental difference between these two things:

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people = ['Sam', 'Bob', 'Fred']

for name in people:
    print name

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AND

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num = 33

for x in xrange(10):
    print num += 1

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To me, the first example is a pure use of the for loop. You are iterating through an object and *using* the items you are stepping through.

The second example, however, is simply doing something 10 times, and what it's doing has nothing to do with 'x' or xrange. So it seems like an abuse of the for loop.
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