PEP 276 -- What else could iter(5) mean?

[Just van Rossum]

In article <6qpu2gzktu.fsf at abnoba.intevation.de>,
 Bernhard Herzog <bh at intevation.de> wrote:

> With iterable integers:
> 
> >>> list(4)
> [0, 1, 2, 3]
> >>> tuple(4)
> (0, 1, 2, 3)
> >>> max(4)
> 3
> >>> min(4)
> 0
> >>> filter(None, 4)  # also for map and reduce
> [1, 2, 3]
> >>> L = []   
> >>> L.extend(3)
> >>> L
> [0, 1, 2]
> >>> zip(3)
> [(0,), (1,), (2,)]
> 
> Do we really want all of these new behaviors?

I don't want any of these, but then again, I don't want "for i in 4" 
either. I think it's an awful idea.

Just