[Edu-sig] poking around in Py3k (recycling old algebra)

[Scott David Daniels]

kirby urner wrote:
> ... Hey, did you know Ellipsis is a new primitive object in Python 3, denoted ... ?
> 
>>>> ...
> Ellipsis

Actually, it has been around for quite a while.  Try this in even a much
older Python:

     >>> class Funny(object):
             def __getitem__(self, *args):
                 return args
     >>> Funny[1, ..., 10]
     (1, Ellipsis, 3)
     >>> Ellipsis
     Ellipsis

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org