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Okay, chalk another one up to ignorance. Another thought occurred to me in the shower, though: would this change the pickle of xrange()? If yes, should pickle changes also be prohibited in bugfix releases (in the PEP)?

from the why-dont-you-just-try-it department:

You're right, I should have tried it. I didn't because my shell account still hasn't set up Python 2.0 as the default version and I haven't yet set myself up to test beta/patch/CVS releases. <sigh> The more I learn, the more ignorant I feel.... -- --- Aahz <*> (Copyright 2001 by aahz@pobox.com) Androgynous poly kinky vanilla queer het Pythonista http://www.rahul.net/aahz/ Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 "Boost the stock market -- fire someone"