[Python-3000] optimizing [x]range

Mon Jul 30 02:29:14 CEST 2007

skip at pobox.com wrote:
> You can't spell
>> a <= x <= b
>> or
>> a < x < b
>> without remembering to add or subtract 1 from the appropriate endpoint

I think the use cases for this are where you're trying to
express a range-like condition, i.e 'a <= x < b'. Then you
have to make sure you get the right relations in the right
places, which is the same kind of burden as remembering to
add or subtract 1 in the right places.
--
Greg