[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues

[Greg Ewing]

Guido:

> I think the slice notation e.g. x[1:4] kills that idea.

Maybe if ":" were a sliceobject-creating operator usable
anwyere, not just in [...], and you added arithmetic
methods to sliceobjects so you could use them as
rationals...

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