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29 Dec
2017
29 Dec
'17
1:15 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 06:09:32PM -0200, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
This is probably too little to justify the compatibility breakage,
Indeed. [...]
It seems to me it should lie on the "types" module (or some other place), rather than eat built-in namespace (which can confuse newcomers anyway).
Have you actually come across newcomers who are confused by slice being a built-in? I've been on the tutor mailing list, and comp.lang.python, for many years now and I don't recall anyone even asking about slice let alone being confused by it. -- Steve