Lucky numbers in Python

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From	Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject	Lucky numbers in Python
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I wrote a function lucky_numbers:
    def lucky_numbers(n):
        if n < 3:
            return [1]
        sieve = range(1, n + 1, 2)
        sieve_index = 1
        while True:
            skip_count  = sieve[sieve_index]
            sieve_len   = len(sieve)
            if sieve_len < skip_count:
                break
            for del_index in range((sieve_len // skip_count) * skip_count - 1, 
                                  skip_count - 2, -skip_count):
                del sieve[del_index]
            sieve_index += 1
        return sieve

I was wondering if there is a way to do this:
            for del_index in range((sieve_len // skip_count) * skip_count - 1, 
                                  skip_count - 2, -skip_count):
                del sieve[del_index]
in a more efficient way.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Lucky numbers in Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-29 20:24 +0200
  Re: Lucky numbers in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-29 13:57 -0600
    Re: Lucky numbers in Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-29 23:45 +0200
      Re: Lucky numbers in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-29 16:38 -0600
        Re: Lucky numbers in Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-30 02:01 +0200
          Re: Lucky numbers in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-29 20:55 -0600
            Re: Lucky numbers in Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-30 08:34 +0200
      Re: Lucky numbers in Python Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2015-04-29 15:56 -0700
    Re: Lucky numbers in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-30 10:11 +1000
      Re: Lucky numbers in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-29 21:08 -0600
  Re: Lucky numbers in Python Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-04-30 20:55 +0200
    Re: Lucky numbers in Python Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-04-30 15:28 -0400

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