[docs] [issue23226] Add float linspace recipe to docs

[Andrew Barnert]

New submission from Andrew Barnert:

In a recent thread on python-ideas (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-January/030817.html), it was concluded that Python should not have a range-like type for floats in the stdlib, but there should be some simple discussion of the alternatives in the docs.

The attached diff describes the issues, demonstrates the simplest reasonable algorithm, and links to a recipe on ActiveState (which builds the same algorithm into a lazy sequence, and links to other recipes with different alternatives).

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
files: stdtypes.rst.diff
keywords: patch
messages: 233893
nosy: abarnert, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add float linspace recipe to docs
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37684/stdtypes.rst.diff

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