On Jun 8, 9:40 pm, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mensanator wrote: > > On Jun 8, 3:19�am, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Mensanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > >>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> | On Jun 7, 6:43?pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> | > zip(range(9,2000000000), iterable) > >> | > >> | Oh, dear. You didn't actually try this, did you? > > >> Works fine in Py3, which is what I use now. > > > You really ARE cruel to the newbies, aren't you? > > > Don't you think it would have been appropriate > > to attach a large red label: WARNING! PY3! > > Heh heh, don't worry. Every time I see a range function, I immediately > think "creates a list". Not sure how I got into that habit, but it > happens every time! :)
You probably got into that habit because that's what it does in 2.x, create a list. Now, if you're expecting that to happen you'll in for a surprise when you switch to Py3, won't you? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list