better 'splice' function

[John Hunter]

>>>>> "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shalehperry at attbi.com> writes:

    Sean> something A LOT like this was discussed within the last two
    Sean> months at length.  Many, many, many implementations were
    Sean> presented.  Have a search through the archives.

Yep, check

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&frame=right&th=fb73946e707ff1da&seekm=mailman.1019594863.1719.python-list%40python.org#link1

John Hunter