[Python-Dev] range objects in 3.x

[Greg Ewing]

Fernando Perez wrote:

> Now, I *suspect* (but don't remember for sure) that the option to have it 
> right-hand-open-ended was to match the mental model people have for range:
> 
> In [5]: linspace(0, 10, 10, endpoint=False)
> Out[5]: array([ 0.,  1.,  2.,  3.,  4.,  5.,  6.,  7.,  8.,  9.])
> 
> In [6]: range(0, 10)
> Out[6]: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

My guess would be it's so that you can concatenate two sequences
created with linspace covering adjacent ranges and get the same
result as a single linspace call covering the whole range.

> I do hope, though, that the chosen name is *not*:
> 
> - 'interval'
> 
> - 'interpolate' or similar

Would 'subdivide' be acceptable?

-- 
Greg