Avoiding nested for loops

Here’s how to use product:

x1 = xrange(min1,max1,step1)
x2 = xrange(min2,max2,step2)
x3 = xrange(min3,max3,step3)
...

for v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6 in itertools.product(x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6):
    icky_thing(....)

or a bit more compactly:

ranges = [
    xrange(min1,max1,step1),
    xrange(min2,max2,step2),
    xrange(min3,max3,step3),
    ...
]

for v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6 in itertools.product(*ranges):
    icky_thing(....)

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