On 26 August 2001, Ka-Ping Yee said:
If this is fixed, i think we should do a complete job of it and make sure exceptions are raised when the index is out of range. [...] This has the potential for breaking code, and so the transition should probably be done with a minor-version's worth of warning, but i think if we're going to change it we should make it right.
By "minor version" do you mean 2.2 -> 2.3, or 2.2 -> 2.2.1? I presume the former -- we're not allowed to make incompatible changes on point releases anymore! Of course, this implies a f***** statement. (I'm not going to say the word, Tim said the first one who does dies...) Greg -- Greg Ward - just another /P(erl|ython)/ hacker gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ If you and a friend are being chased by a lion, it is not necessary to outrun the lion. It is only necessary to outrun your friend.