On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: > Robert Bradshaw wrote: > >> That's because x[0] was always the same thing as (*x), even if a bit >> uglier. I'm not not as enthusiastic about it now (though not yet for >> sure set against it either...) > > The reason for not having a * operator in Pyrex was to > avoid possible ambiguities when parsing arguments to > function calls (since Python already assigns a meaning > to prefix * in that context). > > If you want to introduce a * operator you'll have to > deal with that somehow.
Nice to know the original reasoning. Well, that's another strike against it, and in this case "two strikes you're out" is enough for me. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
