[Python-Dev] Lukewarm about range literals (original) (raw)

Ka-Ping Yee ping@lfw.org
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:07:32 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Greg Ewing wrote:

Peter Schneider-Kamp <nowonder@nowonder.de>:

> As far as I know adding a builtin indices() has been > rejected as an idea. But why? I know it's been suggested, but I don't remember seeing any convincing arguments against it. Or much discussion at all.

I submitted a patch to add indices() and irange() previously. See:

http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=101129&group_id=5470

Guido rejected it:

gvanrossum: 2000-Aug-17 12:16
    I haven't seen the debate! But I'm asked to pronounce
    anyway, and I just don't like this. Learn to write code
    that doesn't need the list index!

tim_one: 2000-Aug-15 15:08
    Assigned to Guido for Pronouncement.  The debate's been
    debated, close it out one way or the other.

ping: 2000-Aug-09 03:00
    There ya go.  I have followed the style of the builtin_range()
    function, and docstrings are included.

-- ?!ng