Re: [Python-ideas] Where did we go wrong with negative stride?

Paul Moore wrote:

I would definitely use

b = a[::-1]

over

b = a[Slice(None, None, None, reversed=True)]

Indeed, the whole reason for having slice syntax is that it's very concise. One of the things I like most about Python is that I get to write s[a:b] instead of something like s.substr(a, b). I would be very disappointed if I were forced to use the above monstrosity in some cases. -- Greg