extended slice

[Fredrik Lundh]

P.J.W.S. Vrijlandt <P.J.W.S.VRIJLANDT at INT.azg.nl> wrote:
> In the reference manual under slice I find hints of an extende slice 
> syntax. It goes like a[2:3:step], a[2:4, 6:8] or a[... , 2:4].
> 
> Indeed 'ellipsis' is a builtin and seems to denote ...
> 
> However, I can find no way of using extended slicing. Do we have this 
> feature?

it's used by the numerical python extension:
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1369

as of 1.5.2, no built-in sequence types (tuples, list,
arrays, strings) supports the extended syntax.  hope-
fully, that will change in future versions.

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