[Python-Dev] Re: More int/long integration issues

[David Abrahams]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> The bytecode compiler should be clever enough to see that you're
> writing
>
>   for i in range(...): ...
>
> and that there's no definition of range other than the built-in one
> (this requires a subtle change of language rules); it can then
> substitute an internal equivalent to xrange().

Ouch!  What happens to:

       def foo(seq):
           for x in seq:
               ...

       foo(xrange(small, really_big))

if xrange dies??

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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