Commit 5fe2c139 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

List constraints on xrange() objects.

parent c09cf336
...@@ -379,21 +379,27 @@ separating items with commas: \code{[a, b, c]}. Tuples are ...@@ -379,21 +379,27 @@ separating items with commas: \code{[a, b, c]}. Tuples are
constructed by the comma operator (not within square brackets), with constructed by the comma operator (not within square brackets), with
or without enclosing parentheses, but an empty tuple must have the or without enclosing parentheses, but an empty tuple must have the
enclosing parentheses, e.g., \code{a, b, c} or \code{()}. A single enclosing parentheses, e.g., \code{a, b, c} or \code{()}. A single
item tuple must have a trailing comma, e.g., \code{(d,)}. Buffers are item tuple must have a trailing comma, e.g., \code{(d,)}.
not directly supported by Python syntax, but can be created by calling the
builtin function \function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer} XRanges
objects are similar to buffers in that there is no specific syntax to
create them, but they are created using the \function{xrange()}
function.\bifuncindex{xrange}
\obindex{sequence} \obindex{sequence}
\obindex{string} \obindex{string}
\obindex{Unicode} \obindex{Unicode}
\obindex{buffer}
\obindex{tuple} \obindex{tuple}
\obindex{list} \obindex{list}
Buffer objects are not directly supported by Python syntax, but can be
created by calling the builtin function
\function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer}. They don't support
concatenation or repetition.
\obindex{buffer}
Xrange objects are similar to buffers in that there is no specific
syntax to create them, but they are created using the \function{xrange()}
function.\bifuncindex{xrange} They don't support slicing,
concatenation or repetition, and using \code{in}, \code{not in},
\function{min()} or \function{max()} on them is inefficient.
\obindex{xrange} \obindex{xrange}
Sequence types support the following operations. The \samp{in} and Most sequence types support the following operations. The \samp{in} and
\samp{not in} operations have the same priorities as the comparison \samp{not in} operations have the same priorities as the comparison
operations. The \samp{+} and \samp{*} operations have the same operations. The \samp{+} and \samp{*} operations have the same
priority as the corresponding numeric operations.\footnote{They must priority as the corresponding numeric operations.\footnote{They must
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