On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:40:54 -0700, Travis Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > > >>Would it be possible to change > >> > >>_PyEval_SliceIndex in ceval.c > >> > >>so that rather than throwing an error if the indexing object is not an > >>integer, the code first checks to see if the object has a > >>tp_as_number->nb_int method and calls it instead. > >> > >> > > > >I don't think this is the right solution; since float has that method, > >it would allow floats to be used as slice indices, > > > > > O.K., > > then how about if arrayobjects can make it in the core, then a check for > a rank-0 integer-type > arrayobject is allowed before raising an exception?
Following up on Bob's point, maybe making rank-0 integer type arrayobjects inherit from int has some mileage? Somewhat weird, but... _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
