[Tutor] Workaround for limitation in xrange()?

[Dick Moores]

 >>> for x in xrange(2**31):
     pass

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<pyshell#16>", line 1, in <module>
     for x in xrange(2**31):
OverflowError: long int too large to convert to int
 >>>

I can think of 2 workarounds for this 2**31 limitation in xrange(). 
Use a while loop instead. Or use 2 or more for loops, keeping the 
number of cycles in each under 2**31.

Are there others?

Thanks,

Dick Moores

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