On Mar 1, 2:05 pm, "K Viltersten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm reading the docs and at 5.2 the del > statement is discussed. At first, i thought > i've found a typo but as i tried that > myself, it turns it actually does work so. > > a = ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"] > del a[2:2] > a > > Now, i expected the result to be that the > "beta" element has been removed. Obviously, > Python thinks otherwise. Why?! > > Elaboration: > I wonder why such an unintuitive effect has > been implemented. I'm sure it's for a very > good reason not clear to me due to my > ignorance. Alternatively - my expectations > are not so intuitive as i think. :)
It's the Phillips vs. the flathead. Is b in x[a:b:c] an endpoint or a distance? This is Python too; you're welcome to implement: - b means length - one-based indices - inclusive - b out of bounds exceptions A slice object (a,b,c) is passed to whatevercollection.__getitem__, .__setitem__, or .__delitem__. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
