Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
1. introduce a PySliceListObject, which behaves like a simple sequence of strings, but stores them as slices.
It occurred to me when i read this that *all* slices could be references within the original string, since strings are immutable. That is,
s[x:y]
... [b strings with NULL]
(b) is a bit harder to ignore, though.
I think the explicit string slice object is a good thing, but changing [:] behavior is not. With special stuff made explicit, it is easy to write optimized code, while the average user is not affected. cheers - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) mailto:tismer@appliedbiometrics.com Applied Biometrics GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Kaunstr. 26 : *Starship* http://starship.python.net 14163 Berlin : PGP key -> http://wwwkeys.pgp.net PGP Fingerprint E182 71C7 1A9D 66E9 9D15 D3CC D4D7 93E2 1FAE F6DF we're tired of banana software - shipped green, ripens at home