[Python-Dev] unsubscriptable vs object does not support indexing (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Sep 24 03:33:43 CEST 2009


Ben Finney wrote:

It's a single operation as far as the parser is concerned, so there needs to be a single term for it. That term is “subscript”.

How about something like "does not support the [] operation".

This refers directly to the syntax involved, rather than using a typographical term that is at best a metaphor when applied to a language written linearly.

-- Greg



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