[Python-Dev] Why does getitem slot of builtin call sequence methods first? (original) (raw)

Travis Oliphant oliphant at ee.byu.edu
Sun Oct 2 01:39:24 CEST 2005


The new ndarray object of scipy core (successor to Numeric Python) is a C extension type that has a getitem defined in both the as_mapping and the as_sequence structure.

The as_sequence mapping is just so PySequence_GetItem will work correctly.

As exposed to Python the ndarray object as a .getitem wrapper method.

Why does this wrapper call the sequence getitem instead of the mapping getitem method?

Is there anyway to get at a mapping-style getitem method from Python?

This looks like a bug to me (which is why I'm posting here...)

Thanks for any help or insight.

-Travis Oliphant



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