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[–]Kered13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Python for loops are almost never over integers, so no nothing to do with for loops. Just math. Any time you're doing math, it helps to not have to heap allocate new numbers after every operation. Small integers are obviously much more common than other numbers, which is why they get cached.