On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 8:24 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > I support named indices. But I strongly oppose using them in list, tuple, or dict themselves. So `mylist[99, default=4]` would still be a syntax error (or maybe a different exception).
I agree -- this is very much a feature for third party packages -- or *maybe* some future stdlib class, but the builtins are fine as they are. In fact, I don't think there's a single use of a tuple of indexes (meaning something other than an arbitrary single object) in the stdlib is there? I know I've only used that in numpy. -CHB -- The dead increasingly dominate and strangle both the living and the not-yet born. Vampiric capital and undead corporate persons abuse the lives and control the thoughts of homo faber. Ideas, once born, become abortifacients against new conceptions. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/SKDKYXDLTTXVZQNNKJGEXRUHAEVQ7KGI/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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