Seek support for new slice syntax PEP.

Rhodri James rhodri at wildebst.demon.co.uk
Mon Dec 14 18:11:27 EST 2009


On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:40:38 -0000, Colin W. <cjwilliams43 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> If your scheme flies, would it be practicable to use the same syntax
> as a range generator?
>
> range(i, j, k)  => i:j:k
>
> so range(10, 2) => :10:2
>
> i.e. we could write for i in :10:2:
>
> or the more common:
> range(10)  => :10

Ugh.  Magic characters.  Let's not.

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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses



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