guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg thats proposed 0 1 9 reprrange10 meant literally ie 4 values replace first two last three dots yes mean strrange4 0 1 2 3 strrange5 0 1 4 im sure go way dict views though quite different beasts fact change depending underlying dict ought somehow emphasized id happier keep 30a4 guido tue apr 15 2008 253 pm greg ewing wrote brad miller wrote suggested broader discussion might order around issue iterators displayed command line interpreter whatever done dont think would good idea make str things look much like list think would make things confusing newcomer rather less way least obvious theyre something special greg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevguido40pythonorg guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 092141 0700 pythondev string representation range 30