[Python-Dev] PEP 276 Simple Iterator for ints

[Greg Ewing]

Armin Rigo <arigo@ulb.ac.be>:

> As a logician I like "for i in 10" a lot -- indeed, it is common to
> identify a natural number with the set of its predecessors.

Only amongst a certain specialised breed of mathematician,
I think. I'm sure most people don't think of the integers
that way when actually using them in their day-to-day
work. I certainly don't.

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