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Ian Kelly wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
>> I'd call range() an iterable.
> 
> I'd even go so far as to call it a sequence.
> 
>>>> from collections import Sequence
>>>> issubclass(range, Sequence)
> True

If you want to be as specific as possible call it a range ;)