[Python-3000] range() issues

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> > I would like to see the following:
> >
> > - sq_length should return maxsize if the actual value doesn't fit
> >
>
>  So that code will silently behave as though the rest of
>  the sequence wasn't there some of the time?

Only if it uses LBYL.

>  Can you elaborate on the rationale for this? I'm having
>  trouble seeing how it's a good idea.

Ask the designers of the Java collections package.

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