Folks, I'm truly sorry that so many feathers got ruffled in this thread. Let's see if I can put this thing to rest gracefully.
Russ wrote: > My suggestion is trivial to implement and would benefit every Python > programmer (even if only slightly), so I don't think it is too much to > ask for. Apparently I was wrong about the implementation being trivial. Tasks often seem trivial -- until you actually try to do them. Yes, I should have known better. Had I not wrote that little gem, I suppose a lot of bad feelings could have been avoided. Would it be nice to get the specifics about an index error? Yes. But is it actually worth implementing? Well, since I have no intention of implementing it myself, I can't make that call. I can only hope that the Python maintainers decide that it is worth their effort to make Python more convenient for the user. But even if they don't, I still intend to continue using Python. The call is theirs to make. As I said earlier, the "issue" is hardly a major one, and I'm sorry it got blown out of proportion. At this point I don't even plan to submit a formal request. I have too many accounts and passwords already. If someone else wants to do it, please have at it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
