mark dickinson vqpxmqtcgmailcom thu may 1 2008 1041 nick coghlan wrote one way optimise since need support counting rather arbitrary arithmetic would longrange iterator use simple pure c fixed point arithmetic internally keep track arbitrarily long counter convert python long like optimised shortrange iterator stop already illconsidered throwaway comment apologise making im sure worth hassle though indeed using large range almost certainly common enough make worth optimising mark fri 08 aug 2008 022700 0400 python3000 range issues