text_combined: nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom greg ewing wrote guido van rossum wrote would like see following sq_length return maxsize actual value doesnt fit code silently behave though rest sequence wasnt time elaborate rationale im trouble seeing good idea yeah sounds like behaviour would expect __length_hint__ __length__ bug tracker alexander mentioned possibility removing __length__ __getitem__ support range objects py3k implementing __length_hint__ instead leaving range barebones iterable im starting like idea cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 153414 1000 python3000 range issues