> Yes, that would be correct. However, the function could instead be defined > as: > > def __getitem__(self, index, /, **kwargs): > ... > > and then there'd be no conflict (as "self" and "index" must be passed > positionally). In effect, the naive spelling (which permits self and > index to be passed as keywords) would be a subtle bug that could > easily be corrected. >
sure, but it would be a bug in a LOT of existing code! I wonder, if this were to be introduced, if the interpreter could have a special case that would call __getitem__ in a special way to avoid this bug in old code. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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