[Python-Dev] unsubscriptable vs object does not support indexing

[Greg Ewing]

Ben Finney wrote:

> It's a single operation as far as the parser is concerned, so there
> needs to be a single term for it. That term is “subscript”.

How about something like "does not support the [] operation".

This refers directly to the syntax involved, rather than
using a typographical term that is at best a metaphor when
applied to a language written linearly.

-- 
Greg