On 9/4/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since x[a:b] is not basic syntax (like it once was) but simply the > combination of operator.getitem and slice() I don't see the point of > keeping operator.getitem. > > PS. I don't know how useful the operator module really is -- in all > those years it's existed I haven't really used it myself, and I'm > always baffled when I see code using it. >
The only great use I have found for it myself is attrgetter and itemgetter, but those were added by Raymond in 2.5 (I think). Otherwise I never use it. -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
