range question, compared to Smalltalk
Frank Buss
fb at frank-buss.de
Tue Aug 27 17:00:10 EDT 2002
Hi,
I'm a Python newbie, so forgive me, if I'm asking stupid questions :-)
If I write this:
import random
random.choice(range(0, 100000000))
it took very long to calculate a random number (I know, I can use
"random.randint(0, 1000000000)"). Looks like "range" returns a normal
list. Why not an object?
If I write this in Smalltalk:
(0 to: 1000000000000) at: 12345678901
I get the result immediately. If I write "range(0, 1000000000)" in Python
I'll get a Memory Error.
Another question: How can I generate very high random numbers? If I write
"random.randint(0L, 100000000000000L)" I'll get an overflow error. I
thought everything is an object and I can use small and long integers as I
want.
--
Frank Buß, fb at frank-buss.de
http://www.frank-buss.de, http://www.it4-systems.de
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