Reversing an array in Python

Reversing an array in Python without using a built-in function:

def reverse(alist):
    end = len(alist)-1
    limit = int(end/2) + 1
    for i in range(limit):
        alist[i],alist[end] = alist[end],alist[i]
        end = end - 1
    return alist

print reverse([1,2,3,4,5,6])

The first solution that comes to mind is to take advantage of the powerful list comprehension and abuse the xrange function:

def reverse(some_list):
    return [some_list[n] for n in xrange(len(some_list) - 1, -1, -1)]

The above is nothing more than the usual reversed for loop that you may find in other languages (like C / C++) as:

for (int i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)  
{  
    // Do something ...  
}

Details about the range function can be found here but basically, all you have to know about it is its prototype:


range(start, stop[, step])

which is very descriptive.

I'd go with this instead of your solution because it looks cleaner and I don't see any reasons of why it'd be slower or harder to understand.

StackExchange Code Review Q#155619, answer score: 12