[Python-Dev] Xrange and Slices

[Guido van Rossum]

[Raymond Hettinger]
> > Merge the code for xrange() into slice().

[Oren Tirosh]
> There's a patch pending for this: www.python.org/sf/575515

I've rejected this.  It's better to let these two be different, so
that it's clear what the intended use is.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)