From: "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@...>
Date: 2004-01-22T13:39:57+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Python: my impression v. Perl/Ruby

GGarramuno wrote:

> for i in (0..i); something; end
> 
> to me has a bunch of advantages over times, step and the such.  With the above
> construct you know that:
> a) i has to be a number
> b) i has to be positive for the loop to run

No, as a matter of fact, it doesn't.

You've pretty much demonstrated one of the reasons that "times" is a 
Good Thing.

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John W. Kennedy
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which is the true Gospel, for the poor's sake."
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