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Wed Apr 16 12:15:44 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-April/078667.html

Hi Greg,

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 03:34:44PM +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:
> > That's why I proposed <0, 1, ..., 9> for repr(range(10)).
> 
> My worry is that this will lead a newcomer into thinking
> this is some kind of valid expression syntax.

What about the less confusing and more readily generalizable:

   <range object 0, 1, ..., 9>

It would also be helpful IMHO to use this kind of repr for most built-in
iterators and iterables, instead of their mosty-useless default repr.

A bientot,

Armin.

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