[issue1533] Bug in range() function for large values

[Robert Bradshaw]

Robert Bradshaw added the comment:

Yes, the error for xrange is more illustrative of the problem, but just
shows that xrange has this a too. Why should xrange be invalid for
non-word sized values (especially as range works)? Incidentally, just a
week ago I had to write my own iterator for a project because xrange
couldn't handle large values.

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