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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 22:00:37 -0500


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

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

Does x[1:4] return a slice out of x or x[rational(1,4)]?

Skip