[Python-Dev] a feature i'd like to see in python #2: indexing of match objects (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Sun Dec 3 22:07:07 CET 2006


Martin v. Löwis wrote:

I know what the Zen says about special cases, but in this case the rules were apparently broken with impunity. Well, the proposal was to interpret m[i] as m.group(i), for all values of i. I can't see anything confusing with that.

it can quickly become rather confusing if you also interpret m[:] as m.groups(), not to mention if you add len() and arbitrary slicing to the mix. what about m[] and m[i,j,k], btw?



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