[Python-ideas] Implement comparison operators for range objects

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a use case now: switching slice.indices() to return a range object
> instead of a tuple. That heavily favours the 'behave like a sequence'
> approach.

I like the idea, but why is this a use-case for range.__eq__ or range.__hash__?

I like the idea not because it will lead to any optimisation.
Slice.indices() does not return a tuple containing all indices in a
slice.  The result is always a 3-tuple containing normalized start,
stop, and step.  A range object cannot be more efficient than a
3-tuple.

I still like the idea because it would make indices() return what the
name suggests - the sequence of indices selectable by the slice.