On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 02:08:12PM -0500, Shannon, Bryan wrote: > Shouldn't this be "list.slice" and *not* "list.splice" ??? Isn't what > you're doing called a "slice"?
That was my first reaction too ... > Splice does something different, I'm pretty sure.... It sticks a list in > the middle of another list... Yep. But 'slice' is also just a degenerate case of 'splice', just as first and last are ... > I hate to be critical, but I have a hard enough time trying to convince my > colleagues of the difference between the two (even though "slice" isn't > really a function, per se). :-) I agree that having a distinct 'slice' would be useful though ... Tony
