July 21, 2015
4:50 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> wrote:
On 7/21/2015 9:50 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I don't know. Either way there's going to be complaints about the inconsistencies. :-( I wish we hadn't done the {a[x]} part of PEP 3101, but it's too late now. :-(
Maybe we should deprecate it. I've never used it, and I don't think I've ever seen it in the wild.
FWIW, I've used it a few times in production code. However, it wasn't strictly necessary nor was the value added substantial. -eric