PEP 260: simplify xrange()

Robin Becker robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk
Fri Jun 29 15:05:55 EDT 2001


In article <mailman.993578546.30453.python-list at python.org>, Guido van
Rossum <guido at digicool.com> writes
>Here's another sweet and short PEP.  What do folks think?  Is
>xrange()'s complexity really worth having?
>
...
yes, if it works now and has been used, put in some tests to ensure it
doesn't break in the future and leave alone. Needless minimalism is as
bad as excessive maximalism.
-- 
Robin Becker



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