range() vs xrange() Python2|3 issues for performance

[garabik-news-2005-05 at kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk]

harrismh777 <harmar at member.fsf.org> wrote:
 these will run on either Python2 or 
> Python3... except that if you substitute xrange() for range() for 
> Python2  they will throw an exception on Python3... doh.

if 'xrange' not in dir(__builtins__):
    xrange = range 

at the beginning of your program will fix that.

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