Steve R. Hastings wrote: > If Python doesn't currently optimize this case, is there any chance this > optimization could be added?
I was just asking about this, and apparently it will be changed in 3.0:
Built-in Namespace
* Make built-ins return an iterator where appropriate (e.g.
range(),
zip(), etc.)
To be removed:
* xrange(): use range() instead [1]
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