[Cython] [Pyrex] ANN: Pyrex 0.9.7

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On 5/10/08, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
>  I don't quite see why we shouldn't just always convert
>
>     for var in range(begin, end):
>
>  to
>
>     for var in begin <= var < end:
>
>
> *iff* var is cdef-ed as a C integer type.

I'm definitely +1 on this!!  Regarding to the overflow issue, perhaps
a check can be added before entering the loop. And Cython should take
care if the user modifies the range() arguments inside de loop. What
will you do in this case? IMHO,  matching the Python semantics is the
right way.


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