Stewart Gordon: > But in D, you can use a negative index/key in an AA or custom array type.
This is natural & easy to do in Python too. > And is there any equivalent in Python to a[$/2] or anything fancy like that? You have to do it in explicit way: a[len(a) / 2] Or today better (// is the integer division): a[len(a) // 2] Bye, bearophile