<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Many people I know ask why Python does slicing the way it does..... > > Can anyone /please/ give me a good defense/justification??? > > I'm referring to why mystring[:4] gives me > elements 0, 1, 2 and 3 but *NOT* mystring[4] (5th element). > > Many people don't like idea that 5th element is not invited. > > (BTW, yes I'm aware of the explanation where slicing > is shown to involve slices _between_ elements. This > doesn't explain why this is *best* way to do it.)
Recently there was a short (sub)thread about that. One of my messages (against half-open slices) is, for example http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/5532dd50b57853b1 Javier ___________________________________________________________ Javier Bezos | TeX y tipografía jbezos at wanadoo dot es | http://perso.wanadoo.es/jbezos ............................|............................... CervanTeX (Spanish TUG) | http://www.cervantex.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
