[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Fri, 04 Oct 2002 13:22:38 +1200 (NZST)

Guido:

I think the slice notation e.g. x[1:4] kills that idea.

Maybe if ":" were a sliceobject-creating operator usable anwyere, not just in [...], and you added arithmetic methods to sliceobjects so you could use them as rationals...

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