[issue23210] clarify "virtual sequence" and range docs

R. David Murray added the comment: I agree with Guido. Virtual is an abused word and I can't imagine anyone searching on it unless they saw it used somewhere in the first place. Range is a sequence, and the help docs are just a reminder. The Range docs clearly explain the advantages of the

[issue23210] clarify "virtual sequence" and range docs

Ethan Furman added the comment: On 01/09/2015 09:39 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Please don't add this to the glossary and don't start using "virtual" (it is > my favorite example of terminology gone wrong in C++ as well as in colloquial > language). The terminology "virtual sequence" is only us

[issue23210] clarify "virtual sequence" and range docs

Ethan Furman added the comment: Update: per Guido, we need to drop the word "virtual" from the help() for range. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue23210] clarify "virtual sequence" and range docs

New submission from Ethan Furman: The help() function explains range as being a "virtual sequence", but that phrase cannot be found anywhere in the docs. Suggestion is to insert a phrase below: >> The advantage of the range type over a regular list or tuple is >> that a range object is a vir