Possible documentation error: range function docstring at julia/base/range.jl

[david-vicente]

The second paragraph states

If length and stop are provided and step is not, the step size will be computed
automatically such that there are length linearly spaced elements in the range (a LinRange).

but in this setting I get the following

julia> typeof(range(1, length=10,stop=100))
StepRangeLen{Float64,Base.TwicePrecision{Float64},Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}

A StepRangeLen instead of a LinRange.

[stevengj]

Yes, I noticed this too. As far as I can tell, the range function never produces a LinRange anymore — it always produces a StepRange (when an integer or rational step is provided) or a StepRangeLen (when a length is provided, or a floating-point step).

[stevengj]

Actually the range function does produce a LinRange for arguments that are not simple numeric types:

julia> range([1,2], [3,4], length=10)
10-element LinRange{Array{Int64,1}}:
 [1.0, 2.0],[1.22222, 2.22222],…,[2.77778, 3.77778],[3.0, 4.0]

cc @timholy, who implemented a lot of this stuff in #18777.

In any case, the range documentation needs updating.

[stevengj]

cc @kshyatt who was the last person to touch the range docs in #28115.

[kamalojasv181]

Hi I just created a PR. Kindly review it. #34467

[kamalojasv181]

Revised PR #34475