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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:16:46 -0400
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On 8/26/2015 8:21 AM, Tim Chase wrote:

>> a, b, c = (x for x in range(3)) # a generator for instance
>
> Since range() *is* a generator, why not just use

In Python 3, range is a sequence class with a separate iterator class

 >>> r = range(3)
 >>> r
range(0, 3)
 >>> iter(r)
<range_iterator object at 0x00000000034682D0>

Like all sequences, a range object can be iterated multiple times as a 
new iterator is used each time.

 >>> list(r)
[0, 1, 2]
 >>> list(r)
[0, 1, 2]

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy