Nick Coghlan wrote: > Being indexable is subtly different from being subscriptable - the > former has stronger connotations of numeric indices and sequence-like > behaviour (particularly since the introduction of operator.index), while > the latter merely states that the container provides some kinds of > mapping from subscripts to values in the container, without provide any > implications as to the nature of that mapping.
I don't think everyone would agree with that. For example, databases have these things that are called "indexes" even when the value being used as a key isn't a number. I've never really liked the term "subscript" in this context, because to me it implies a typographical feature, i.e. writing something below the baseline, which isn't normally done in a textual programming language. The term "index", on the other hand, directly suggests the idea of looking something up, without relying on indirection through typography and mathematical convention. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
