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@@ -403,11 +403,11 @@ methods.
\section{Sequence Types ---
\class{str}, \class{unicode}, \class{list},
- \class{tuple}, \class{buffer}, \class{xrange}
+ \class{tuple}, \class{buffer}, \class{range}
\label{typesseq}}
There are six sequence types: strings, Unicode strings, lists,
-tuples, buffers, and xrange objects.
+tuples, buffers, and range objects.
String literals are written in single or double quotes:
\code{'xyzzy'}, \code{"frobozz"}. See chapter 2 of the
@@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ concatenation or repetition.
\obindex{buffer}
Xrange objects are similar to buffers in that there is no specific
-syntax to create them, but they are created using the \function{xrange()}
-function.\bifuncindex{xrange} They don't support slicing,
+syntax to create them, but they are created using the \function{range()}
+function.\bifuncindex{range} They don't support slicing,
concatenation or repetition, and using \code{in}, \code{not in},
\function{min()} or \function{max()} on them is inefficient.
-\obindex{xrange}
+\obindex{range}
Most sequence types support the following operations. The \samp{in} and
\samp{not in} operations have the same priorities as the comparison
@@ -1069,11 +1069,11 @@ Additional string operations are defined in standard modules
\refmodule{re}.\refstmodindex{re}
-\subsection{XRange Type \label{typesseq-xrange}}
+\subsection{XRange Type \label{typesseq-range}}
-The \class{xrange}\obindex{xrange} type is an immutable sequence which
-is commonly used for looping. The advantage of the \class{xrange}
-type is that an \class{xrange} object will always take the same amount
+The \class{range}\obindex{range} type is an immutable sequence which
+is commonly used for looping. The advantage of the \class{range}
+type is that an \class{range} object will always take the same amount
of memory, no matter the size of the range it represents. There are
no consistent performance advantages.