> > That's the point that I would make as well. What can you do with an > object that is only known to be Subscriptable? > > def do_subscriptable_things(obj): > if isinstance(obj, Subscriptable): > # Now what? >
Maybe if you want to use/abuse it as an alternative function calling syntax-- square brackets rather than parentheses. The language itself already contains one example of this: generic typing syntax. >
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