Re: [Python-Dev] Inclusive Range

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Masklinn <masklinn@...> wrote:
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>>  Why range(2**300)
>> succeeds, but len(range(2**300)) raises OverflowError?
> The former overflows in Python 2. It doesn't in Python 3 due to `range` being an iterable not a list.

This particular wart is the subject of issue 2690.

http://bugs.python.org/issue2690