[Python-Dev] a feature i'd like to see in python #2: indexing of match objects

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> > Well, the proposal was to interpret m[i] as m.group(i), for all values
> > of i. I can't see anything confusing with that.
>
> it can quickly become rather confusing if you also interpret m[:] as
> m.groups(), not to mention if you add len() and arbitrary slicing to
> the mix.  what about m[] and m[i,j,k], btw?

I'd say, don't pretend m is a sequence.  Pretend it's a mapping.
Then the conceptual issues go away.


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