On 2007-05-31, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I still don't see how c[:] is any different from c.
>
> It isn't. The OP is projecting a wish for a function call on a
> list to be interpreted as a call on each member of the list
> with the same arguments.
Yea, I got that part.
> The all-members slice notation is a complete red herring.
That's what I thought, but the OP seems convinced that c[:] is
somehow behaviorally different than c (something more than just
being an exact copy of the list with a different id()).
The only thing I could think of is that he has overridden the
__getitem__ method of the class to which c belongs with
something that has some sort of side-effects which he wishes to
invoke.
> It would require a pretty fundamental re-think to give such a
> construct sensible and consistent semantics, I think.
He could just define a container class that does what he
wants...
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