New submission from Dávid Nemeskey <nemesk...@gmail.com>: It would be nice if there was an easy way to convert a range to a slice and vice versa. At least superficially the two are almost the same(*), yet if one wants to convert a slice to a range, he has to go through hoops to avoid potential errors, ending up with code such as:
s = slice(1, 10, 2) r = range(s.start or 0, s.stop, s.step or 1) It would be much nicer if the range and slice functions had a signature that accepts the other, which would simplify the above to just r(s). (*) I don't know the implementation details, but is it even important to have to different objects for effectively the same concept? Cannot these two just be merged? ---------- messages: 385184 nosy: nemeskeyd priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Easy conversion between range and slice type: enhancement versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue42956> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
