jamadagni wrote:
> OK fine. It is clear that this feature must be implemented if at all
> only on a per-module basis. So can we have votes for per-module
> implementation of this feature?
The only way that can work is if the API to the module doesn't expose
ANY sequence indices. It would be a great pain to have to remember
which of the modules you've imported expect base 0 and which expect
base 1. (There's a Monty Python sketch: a station full of police
officers who only understand you if you speak
slowly/quickly/high-pitched/low-pitched/etc. depending on the
individual officer.)
The scheme could work if the module was carefully programmed to show
and accept only application-relevant values that nobody would expect
to have an alternative base -- quantities of things, arbitrary code
numbers, and the like.
Mel.
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