[Doc-SIG] Description for xrange type

Denis S. Otkidach den@analyt.chem.msu.ru
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:46:50 +0400 (MSD)


On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:

FLDJ>  > you have added documentation for unicode and buffer types of sequnces. But
FLDJ>  > what about xrange? It seems to have an additional, still undocumented in
FLDJ>  > any way, tolist method.
FLDJ> 
FLDJ>   I've checked this documentation into the CVS repository; it will
FLDJ> be part of the Python 2.0 release.

Dear Fred,

I guess it would be better to use real name for type:
>>> type(xrange(1)).__name__
'xrange'

Also, current documentation is unclear about what buffer objects can be
used for.

With best regards,
Denis.