Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>> On Behalf Of Steven D'Aprano
>> Because in common English, counting starts at 1 and ranges
>> normally include both end points (that is, it is a "closed"
>> interval). If you say "I'll be away from the 4th to the 7th"
>> and then turn up on the 7th, nearly everyone will w
Michal Bozon wrote:
> The .. syntax was not meant only as something
> which would include the last item,
> but also/rather a range list syntactic shortcut:
>
> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] -->
> [0, 1, ... 9, 10] -->
> [0..10]
>
OK, I see.
But I still fail to see where this is useful. All
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]
>
>
> On Behalf Of Steven D'Aprano
> Because in common English, counting starts at 1 and ranges
> normally include both end points (that is, it is a "closed"
> interval). If you say "I'll be away from the 4th to the 7th"
> and then turn up on the 7th, nearly everyone will wonder why
> you're back a
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:28:20 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Oct 24, 5:44 pm, Michal Bozon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> many Python newcomers are confused why range(10), does not include 10.
>
> How can they be confused?
Because in common English, counting starts at 1 and ranges normally
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:16:57 +0200, Wildemar Wildenburger wrote:
> Michal Bozon wrote:
>> many Python newcomers are confused why
>> range(10), does not include 10.
>>
> It produces a list of ten elements. Also the documentation is quite
> clear on the topic. And lastly: This will probably really
On Oct 24, 5:44 pm, Michal Bozon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> many Python newcomers are confused why
> range(10), does not include 10.
How can they be confused?
Does base 10 have a digit ten?
Does base 2 have a digit two?
Does base 16 have a digit sixteen?
Haven't you stopped counting on your f
Michal Bozon wrote:
> many Python newcomers are confused why
> range(10), does not include 10.
>
It produces a list of ten elements. Also the documentation is quite
clear on the topic. And lastly: This will probably really bother you for
a week, then no more.
> If there was a proposal for the
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 t
