On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not to prolong a good "food fight", but IIRC, many years ago in QBasic, > one could choose > > OPTION BASE 0 > > or > > OPTION BASE 1 > > to make arrays start with element [0] or element [1], respectively. Could > such a feature be added to Python without significantly bloating the > interpreter? > > Then, if starting with [0] "works for you", nothing really changes. And if > starting with [1] "works for you", then you are not made to feel like a > second-class citizen, and about as welcome as a dimwit at the Mensa > meeting. > > Isn't Python supposed to be simple and accessible, and therefore fun? >
Python is also about being readable and consistent. It's going to get really confusing if half the files use 1-based lists and the other half use 0-based. Is it really that hard to get used to indices running from 0 to length-1? Also, good luck getting through life without running into C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, F#, Java, Ruby, Perl, Lisp, or OCaml code. Along with all the languages that use 0-based arrays. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
