[Python-Dev] Indexing builtin sequences with objects which supply __int__

[Todd Miller]

Scott Gilbert wrote:

>--- Todd Miller:
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>>Right now, numarray is a subclass of object for Python-2.2 in order to 
>>get properties in order to emulate some of Numeric's attributes. I'm 
>>wondering what I'd loose from object in order to pick up int's indexing. 
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>Since int is also a subclass of object, you'd still get the benefits of new
>style classes...
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Well, that's excellent!

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>> I'm also wondering how to make a rank-0 Float array fail as an index. 
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>Raise a TypeError and it would match the standard behavior.
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Raise TypeError where?   I was thinking I'd have to either inherit from 
int, or not, depending on the type of the array.   It still might work 
out though...

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