On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Christoph Zwerschke wrote: > Tom Anderson wrote: > >> True, but that's not exactly rocket science. I think the rules governing >> when your [] acts like a dict [] and when it acts like a list [] are vastly >> more complex than the name of one attribute. > > I think it's not really rocket science either to assume that an ordered > dictionary behaves like a dictionary if you access items by subscription > and like a list if you use slices (since slice indexes must evaluate to > integers anyway, they can only be used as indexes, not as keys).
When you put it that way, it makes a certain amount of sense - [:] is always about index, and [] is always about key. It's still icky, but it is completely unambiguous. tom -- I content myself with the Speculative part [...], I care not for the Practick. I seldom bring any thing to use, 'tis not my way. Knowledge is my ultimate end. -- Sir Nicholas Gimcrack -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
