indexing, indices(), irange(), list.items() (was RE: [Python-Dev] Lockstep iteration - eureka!)
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake@beopen.com
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:12:24 -0400 (EDT)
Tim Peters writes:
> I'm stifling it, but, FWIW, I've been trying to sell "indexing" for most of
> my adult life <wink -- but yes, in my experience too range(len(seq)) is
> extraordinarly hard to get across to newbies at first; and I *expect*
> [:len(seq)] to be at least as hard>.
And "for i indexing o in ...:" is the best proposal I've seen to
resolve the whole problem in what *I* would describe as a Pythonic
way. And it's not a new proposal.
I haven't read the specific patch, but bugs can be fixed. I guess a
lot of us will just have to disagree with the Guido on this one. ;-(
Linguistic coup, anyone? ;-)
-Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at beopen.com>
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