On Monday, October 28, 2013 10:22:00 PM UTC-7, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides other
>
> than -1?
>
Non default positive strides are very handy, but negative strides seem weird to
me. Not the negative striding exactly, but the way fe
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:15:40 +0100, Martin Manns wrote:
> On 29 Oct 2013 05:22:00 GMT
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides
>> other than -1?
>
> I have used negative strides for comparing discrete sequences e. g. for
> turbulence anal
On 29 Oct 2013 05:22:00 GMT
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides
> other than -1?
I have used negative strides for comparing discrete sequences e. g. for
turbulence analysis, and I hope that my code will still run in Python 4.
Martin
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ist, debating whether or not to deprecate or
>> change the behaviour of slicing with negative strides. So if you care
>> about the current behaviour, now is the time to stand up and be
>> counted.
>>
>> (Standing up *here* is fine, don't feel that you have to jo
On 10/29/2013 4:53 AM, Duncan Booth wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides
other than -1?
E.g. sequence[2:15:-3]
With any negative stride your example is just the empty sequence.
The idea is that one would not have to reverse 2 an
long, looong discussion) on
the python-ideas mailing list, debating whether or not to deprecate or
change the behaviour of slicing with negative strides. So if you care
about the current behaviour, now is the time to stand up and be
counted.
(Standing up *here* is fine, don't feel that you have t
iscussion) on
> the python-ideas mailing list, debating whether or not to deprecate or
> change the behaviour of slicing with negative strides. So if you care
> about the current behaviour, now is the time to stand up and be
> counted.
>
> (Standing up *here* is fine, don
On 29/10/2013 05:22, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides other
than -1?
E.g. sequence[2:15:-3]
In 10 ish years I don't recall ever considering it, let alone doing it.
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Python is the second best programming language in the world.
But th
Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides other
than -1?
E.g. sequence[2:15:-3]
If so, there is a discussion (long, long, looong discussion) on the
python-ideas mailing list, debating whether or not to deprecate or change
the behaviour of slicing with negative
