Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes: > > sys.maxint - 3 to sys.maxint + 7. I'm not sure tbl[:Top] > > would do what it is supposed to do in those circumstances. > Top = object() > class Table(list): ... Oh wait, I missed the : in your tbl[:Top] example. Yeah, you could hair up Table to account for slices, I'll leave the exercise to you.