Re: step argument for count

2005-12-19 Thread Alex Martelli
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know why a step argument was left off of count? There must > be something that I am missing in why this is the case. For example, I > read that the negative start and step were left off of islice because > iterables can be of "infinite length" so you won't

step argument for count

2005-12-19 Thread smichr
Does anyone know why a step argument was left off of count? There must be something that I am missing in why this is the case. For example, I read that the negative start and step were left off of islice because iterables can be of "infinite length" so you won't know apriori where the end is. But h