MRAB <python <at> mrabarnett.plus.com> writes: > > It's called a 'subscript' because conventional mathematical notation > uses subscripting. Newbies might be acquainted with the term 'index' > from books, where the 'value' is non-numeric. It's a bit unfortunate > that dicts have keys+value instead of index+value!
Well, "index" for me points to the mathematical notion of an index, which AFAIK is always numeric. So it would be a mistake to use that term for dicts. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
