On 6/1/07, Warren Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And that your > > insisting on ``c[:]()`` instead of just ``c()`` seems to indicate you want > > a change that is quite surprising. It would mean that a slice of a list > > returns an other type with the __call__ method implemented. > > I am not insisting on anything. I use ``c[:]()`` as shorthand way of saying > "c() for c in d where d is a container"
The problem people are having with that is that c[:]() *already* means something in python, and it doesn't mean "c() for c in d where d is a container". In today's python c[:]() means "return a slice of object c, then call that slice". Since most container objects don't have a __call__() method, it doesn't do what you want, but it is currently valid syntax. -- Jerry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
