[Python-Dev] PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM in string join (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jeremy at alum.mit.edu
Wed May 24 17:37:27 CEST 2006


On 5/23/06, Andrew Dalke <dalke at dalkescientific.com> wrote:

Me [Andrew Dalke] said: > The relevant code in stringobject uses PySequenceFastGETITEM(seq, > i), > which likely doesn't know about my derived getitem.

Oops, I didn't know what the code was doing well enough. The relevant problem is seq = PySequenceFast(orig, ""); That calls iter on my derived list object, which knows nothing about my overridden getitem

Put another way, the problem is related to your initial claim:

I can derive from list and override getitem

You can do that, but you should not. It's almost a bug that you can.

Jeremy

So things are working as designed. Well, back to blundering about. Too much brennivin. ;) Andrew dalke at dalkescientific.com


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