Many people I know ask why Python does slicing the way it does..... Can anyone /please/ give me a good defense/justification???
I'm referring to why mystring[:4] gives me elements 0, 1, 2 and 3 but *NOT* mystring[4] (5th element). Many people don't like idea that 5th element is not invited. (BTW, yes I'm aware of the explanation where slicing is shown to involve slices _between_ elements. This doesn't explain why this is *best* way to do it.) Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
