Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ticket #3757, comment 1


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Feb 20, 2019, 3:15:13 AM (5 years ago)
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  • Ticket #3757, comment 1

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    22In Python 3, {{{range()}}} has been removed and {{{xrange()}}} has been renamed to {{{range()}}}.
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    4 So any code using {{{xrange()}}} is not Python 3 compatible, so the answer is yes {{{xrange()}}} needs to be replaced by {{{range()}}}. This does lead to bigger RAM usage  ({{{range()}}} creates a list while {{{xrange()}}} creates an iterator, although in the vast majority of the cases the impact is negligible (and when it isn't you should probably rethink your algorithms).
     4So any code using {{{xrange()}}} is not Python 3 compatible, so the answer is yes {{{xrange()}}} needs to be replaced by {{{range()}}}. This does lead to bigger RAM usage  ({{{range()}}} creates a list while {{{xrange()}}} creates an iterator), although in the vast majority of the cases the impact is negligible and when it isn't you should probably rethink your algorithms.
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    66The alternative is to introduce a "compatibility layer". E.g.