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%timeit on command line doesn't recognize [1..10] syntax #797
Description
sage: %time [1..10]
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File "<timed exec>", line 1
[1..10]
^
<type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: invalid syntax
sage: %timeit [1..10]
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File "<magic-timeit>", line 6
[1..10]
^
<type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: invalid syntax
sage: %timeit xrange(11)
1000000 loops, best of 3: 392 ns per loop
Component: user interface
Keywords: timeit ipython
Author: Mike Hansen
Reviewer: Jason Grout
Merged: sage-4.3.1.rc1
Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/797
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jasongrout commentedon Jan 14, 2009
The workaround now is to use the timeit command, which does send things to the preparser.
williamstein commentedon Jan 14, 2009
Just because there is a workaround doesn't mean this should be closed. I reported this problem to Fernando Perez of Ipython and he "admitted" that it is a bug, and was working on fixing it at that last sage days. I'm re-opening this.
By the way, it's generally very bad for anybody but me or Michael Abshoff to close tickets on trac!
jasongrout commentedon Jan 14, 2009
I only closed it after mabshoff gave his okay on IRC. I guess I should have posted the IRC log.
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mwhansen commentedon Jan 17, 2010
Attachment: trac_797.patch.gz
mwhansen commentedon Jan 17, 2010
Author: Mike Hansen
mwhansen commentedon Jan 17, 2010
I've put a patch up which implements the expose_magic idea.
jasongrout commentedon Jan 17, 2010
Looks great! Positive review to Mike's patch. Only apply Mike's patch (to the local/bin repository!)
rlmill commentedon Jan 18, 2010
Merged: sage-4.3.1.rc1
rlmill commentedon Jan 18, 2010
Reviewer: Jason Grout