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Re:A Hodgepodge of Python by lysium on Friday September 16, 2011 @08:09AM (#3004115) 

    >>> xrange(13)[::-1]
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    TypeError: sequence index must be integer, not 'slice'
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Re:A Hodgepodge of Python by akx on Friday September 16, 2011 @09:15AM (#3004295) 

  >>> list(range(13)[::-1]) == list(xrange(12, -1, -1))
  True
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