Why I think range is a wart.

[ruud de rooij]

> > for index in range(len(mylist)):
> >     <whatever>

> several solutions:
> 
> # if whatever contains only refs to mylist [index]
> for element in mylist:
>     <whatever>
> 
> # if you really need the index
> def listIndices (list):
>     return range (len (list))
> 
> for index in listIndices (mylist):
>     <whatever>
> 
> # my favourite
> class IndexAndElement:
>     def __init__ (self, list):
>         self.list = list
> 
>     def __getitem__ (self, index):
>         return (index, self.list [index])
> 
> for index, element in IndexAndElement (mylist):
>     <whatever>
> 
> There's more than one way to heal a wart.

perhaps lists should support .keys() and .items() for those operations
(analogous to dictionaries).

        - ruud
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