[Python-Dev] PEP for adding an sq_index slot so that any object, a or b, can be used in X[a:b] notation (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Feb 10 02:34:22 CET 2006

On 2/9/06, Alex Martelli <aleaxit at gmail.com> wrote:

Shouldn't that new API function (whatever its name) also be somehow exposed for easy access from Python code? I realize new builtins are unpopular, so a builtin 'asindex' might not be appropriate, but perhaps operator.asindex might be. My main point is that I don't think we want every Python-coded sequence to have to call x.index() instead.

Very good point; this is why we have a PEP discussion phase.

If it's x.index(), I think it ought to be operator.index(x). I'm not sure we need a builtin (also not sure we don't).

I wonder if hasattr(x, "index") can be used as the litmus test for int-ness? (Then int and long should have one that returns self.)

Travis, can you send me additional PEP updates as context or unified diffs vs. the PEP in SVN? (or against python.org/peps/pep-0357.txt if you don't want to download the entire PEP directory).

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