list vs [] with range

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range returns iterable object that produces sequence of numbers (from start to end). If you type help(list), you can see that list-constructur expects as its argument an iterable object. So, if you passed range object to list, list constructor would just unpack (traverse the iterable and build the list) content of the range object. However, if you type [range(9)], you put range object directly into the list (without unpacking). Note, you can also unpack range as follows: [*range(9)].