indexing, indices(), irange(), list.items() (was RE: [Python-Dev] Lockstep iteration - eureka!)

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Tim Peters writes:
 > I'm stifling it, but, FWIW, I've been trying to sell "indexing" for most of
 > my adult life <wink -- but yes, in my experience too range(len(seq)) is
 > extraordinarly hard to get across to newbies at first; and I *expect*
 > [:len(seq)] to be at least as hard>.

  And "for i indexing o in ...:" is the best proposal I've seen to
resolve the whole problem in what *I* would describe as a Pythonic
way.  And it's not a new proposal.
  I haven't read the specific patch, but bugs can be fixed.  I guess a
lot of us will just have to disagree with the Guido on this one.  ;-(
  Linguistic coup, anyone?  ;-)


  -Fred

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