#1 is definitely correct behavior, consider:

IronPython 2.6 (2.6.10920.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.4927
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> class c(object):
...     def __getitem__(self, index):
...             return index
...
>>> c()[0:1.2]
slice(0, 1.2, None)

It's Python's list implementation which is converting indexes to integers so 
you'll need to do that as well.  You can do that via 
IronPython.Runtime.Converter.ConvertToIndex though.

On #2 in theory we don't let you override existing members w/ extension 
members.  But __getitem__ is taking precedence here because we pick up the 
List<T> version later in resolution via a .NET mapping than looking up members 
by name.  But you can define the integer overload for __getitem__ and forward 
it to the real implementation.

We could also consider just adding slicing support for List<T> to IronPython 
natively :) We probably can't do that for all IList<T>'s though in case there's 
one that accepts negative or out of range indexes.

From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Sax
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 5:39 PM
To: 'Discussion of IronPython'
Subject: Re: [IronPython] Magic methods on CLR types

I found 2 issues:

1. It looks like __index__ is not called for slice arguments of non-Python 
objects (like List<T>'s). Reading PEP 357 (which introduced __index__), I would 
expect __index__ to always be called, so that I can be sure that the slice 
components are either int, long, or NULL. (I haven't verified this in CPython.)

2. If I supply a  __getitem__ method in my extension type (in my case with a 
strongly typed ISlice parameter), the underlying CLR indexers are no longer 
picked up.

Extender assembly:

[assembly: ExtensionType(typeof(List<>), typeof(ListExtensions<>))]
namespace Compatibility.Python {
    public static class ListExtensions<T> {
        public static T __getitem__(List<T> a, ISlice slice) {
            return a[(int)slice.Start]; // Dummy
        }
    }
}

IP session 1:
IronPython 2.6 (2.6.10920.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.4927
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from System.Collections.Generic import List
>>> a=List[int]()
>>> a.Add(55)
>>> a[0]
55
>>> a[0:1.2]
55
>>> b=[1,2,3,4]
>>> b[0:1.2]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: expected index value, got float
>>>

IP session 2:
IronPython 2.6 (2.6.10920.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.4927
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import clr
>>> clr.AddReferenceToFile("Compatibility.Python")
>>> from System.Collections.Generic import List
>>> a=List[int]()
>>> a.Add(55)
>>> a[0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: expected ISlice, got int
>>>

From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dino Viehland
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:57 PM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] Magic methods on CLR types

If you want IronPython to recognize them you just need to create an assembly w/ 
ExtensionTypeAttribute and have it point at the extended and extending types.  
Then the assembly needs to be loaded into the ScriptRuntime using 
ScriptRuntime.LoadAssembly.

We still need to figure out our story for recognizing and importing normal .NET 
extension methods that C# supports.

From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Sax
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 5:27 PM
To: 'Discussion of IronPython'
Subject: [IronPython] Magic methods on CLR types

Is there a way to add magic methods like __repr__, __call__, etc. to CLR types?


1.       Can it be done in the external CLR assembly without polluting the API 
for other languages? If so, how?

2.       Can it be done using F# style type augmentations by redefining such 
methods on the Python type corresponding to the CLR type? If so, how?

3.       If neither of these alternatives is possible, is there a third way?

Thanks!

Jeffrey Sax
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