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

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