def METHOD_NAME(self):
    ''' test xrange with corner cases'''
    import sys
    import os
    if os.name == 'posix':
        print 'Skipping the xrange test on posix https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/issues/1607'
        return
    maxint = sys.maxsize
    numbers = [1, 2, maxint/2, maxint-1, maxint, maxint+1, maxint+2]
    choices = [0]
    choices.extend(numbers)
    choices.extend([-1 * x for x in numbers])
    for x in choices:
        for y in choices:
            for z in choices:
                line = "xrange(%s, %s, %s)" % (str(x), str(y), str(z))
                printwith("case", line)
                try: 
                    xr = eval(line)
                    xl = len(xr)
                    cnt = 0
                    first = last = first2 = last2 = "n/a"
                    # testing XRangeIterator
                    if xl < 10:
                        for x in xr: 
                            if cnt == 0: first = x
                            if cnt == xl -1 : last = x
                            cnt += 1
                    # testing this[index]
                    if xl == 0: first2 = xr[0]
                    if xl > 1 : first2, last2 = xr[0], xr[xl - 1]
                    printwith("same", xr, xl, first, last, first2, last2)
                except: 
                    printwith("same", sys.exc_info()[0])