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On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> I don't have a problem with a list being a "reiterable." I only was
> surprised about range(), which I had thought to be a plain,
> down-to-earth iterator. There's barely any other practical use for a
> range, I believe.

That's Blub's Paradox right there. There are lots of other uses for
range(), but you just haven't used them.

ChrisA