[Python-ideas] Where did we go wrong with negative stride?

Eric Snow ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com
Thu Oct 31 00:00:42 CET 2013


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> I though of using a magic symbol, $, for that -- a[$-n]. But aside from
> the issue of using one of the 2 remaining unused ascii symbols for
> something that can already be done, it would not work in a slice call.

Is that like where you have 1 more shot on your camera and you don't
want to use it for fear that something more spectacular might show up
afterward?  (and hope that you didn't leave your lens cap on when you
finally take the picture!)  :-)

-eric


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