Bernhard Herzog wrote: > "Travis E. Oliphant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> 2) The __index__ special method will have the signature >> >> def __index__(self): >> return obj >> >> Where obj must be either an int or a long or another object >> that has the __index__ special method (but not self). > > So int objects will not have an __index__ method (assuming that ints > won't return a different but equal int object). However: > >> 4) A new operator.index(obj) function will be added that calls >> equivalent of obj.__index__() and raises an error if obj does not >> implement the special method. > > So operator.index(1) will raise an exception. I would expect > operator.index to be implemented using PyNumber_index.
I'd expect that __index__ won't be called on an int in the first place. Georg _______________________________________________ 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