The del statement

[Marco Aschwanden]

> do you find the x[i] syntax for calling the getitem/setitem methods a
> bit awkward too?  what about HTTP's use of "GET" and "POST" for most
> about everything ? ;-)

No. I like the x[i] syntax. I use it in every second row of my code and  
getting an item like:

x.getitem(i)

would be a viable (in this case clumsy) way but here I find the introduced  
syntax justified.
del on the other hand is used sparingly througout my code. If no del  
keyword would exist, it wouldn't disturb me.

Marco