[issue19174] Add range to future_builtins

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: This would have been a good idea, but that ship has sailed. The API for Python 2.7 is now set in stone. Sorry. -- nosy: +rhettinger resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue19174] Add range to future_builtins

New submission from Peter: Much like how iterator style filter, map and zip are available via future_builtins (issue #2171), it would be natural to expect range to be there too, e.g. >>> from future_builtins import range >>> range(5) range(0, 5) The 2to3 fixers would need to be modified in th