[Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 281 -- Loop Counter Iteration with range and xrange

[Guido van Rossum]

On 6/16/05, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> wrote:
> The need for the indices() proposal was mostly met by PEP 279's
> enumerate() builtin.
> 
> Commenting on 279 before it was accepted for Py2.3, PEP 281's author,
> Magnus Lie Hetland, wrote, "I'm quite happy to have it make PEP 281
> obsolete."

Yes please. These examples are especially jarring:

    >>> range(range(5), range(10), range(2))
    [5, 7, 9]
    (etc.)

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