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authorEli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>2011-05-23 03:10:26 (GMT)
committerEli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>2011-05-23 03:10:26 (GMT)
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Issue 12003: fixing error in xrange alternative sample
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@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
also requires that the number of elements fit in a native C long. If a
larger range is needed, an alternate version can be crafted using the
:mod:`itertools` module: ``islice(count(start, step),
- (stop-start+step-1)//step)``.
+ (stop-start+step-1+2*(step<0))//step)``.
.. function:: zip([iterable, ...])