define(function () {

  // Generate an integer Array containing an arithmetic progression. A port of
  // the native Python `range()` function. See
  // [the Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#range).
  function range(start, stop, step) {
    if (stop == null) {
      stop = start || 0;
      start = 0;
    }
    if (!step) {
      step = stop < start ? -1 : 1;
    }

    var length = Math.max(Math.ceil((stop - start) / step), 0);
    var range = Array(length);

    for (var idx = 0; idx < length; idx++, start += step) {
      range[idx] = start;
    }

    return range;
  }

  return range;

});
