On 6/9/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > The language doesn't have zero-dimensional arrays, although it doesn't > prevent users from defining them. but why would one want to index a > zero-dimensional array, since it has no dimensions? It should be > written as x, not x[].
Well, x=23 on one side, and x[]=23 aka x[()]=23 on the other, have drastically different semantics. Indexing refers to the contents of the zero-dimensional container, rather than to a name to which the container happens to be bound (but isn't any more, once one assigns to that name rather than to an indexing thereof). That being said, having to write x[()]=23 explicitly (rather than x[]=23) wouldn't perturb me overmuch, personally -- so, I don't see a need to rush this at the last minute into 2.5 beta (rather than letting the idea ripen with a target of 2.6). Alex _______________________________________________ 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
