improved range docstring (closes #22785)

Patch by Ned Batchelder.
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Benjamin Peterson 2015-04-22 09:16:07 -04:00
parent 3af7a38c61
commit ac22c6b923

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@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(range_doc,
"range(stop) -> range object\n\
range(start, stop[, step]) -> range object\n\
\n\
Return a sequence of numbers from start to stop by step.");
Return an object that produces a sequence of integers from start (inclusive)\n\
to stop (exclusive) by step. range(i, j) produces i, i+1, i+2, ..., j-1.\n\
start defaults to 0, and stop is omitted! range(4) produces 0, 1, 2, 3.\n\
These are exactly the valid indices for a list of 4 elements.\n\
When step is given, it specifies the increment (or decrement).");
static void
range_dealloc(rangeobject *r)