Negative array indicies and slice()

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:33:32 +0000, Mark Lawrence wrote:

> On 30/10/2012 18:02, Ian Kelly wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>
>> wrote:
>>> File a bug report?
>>
>> Looks like it's already been wontfixed back in 2006:
>>
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue1501180
>>
>>
> Absolutely bloody typical, turned down because of an idiot.  Who the
> hell is Tim Peters anyway? :)

I see your smiley, but for the benefit of those who actually don't know 
who Tim Peters, a.k.a. the Timbot, is, he is one of the gurus of Python 
history. He invented Python's astonishingly excellent sort routine, 
Timsort, and popularised the famous adverbial phrase signoffs you will 
see in a lot of older posts.

Basically, he is in the pantheon of early Python demigods.


stop-me-before-i-start-gushing-over-the-timbot-ly y'rs,



-- 
Steven