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[Python-Dev] Xrange and Slices

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On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 02:37:17AM -0400, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> Wild idea of the day:
> Merge the code for xrange() into slice().
> So that old code will work, make the word 'xrange' a synonym for 'slice'

It looks possible, but it will hurt the performance of xrange.  Internally, 
xrange uses C longs while slice uses python objects with all the associated 
overhead.  

	Oren

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