Op 2005-04-21, Reinhold Birkenfeld schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Antoon Pardon wrote: > >> I sometimes think python should have been more explicite here, >> using a marker for the start-index and end-index, may '^' and >> '$'. So if you wanted the last element you had to write: >> >> lst[$] >> >> And for the next to last element: >> >> lst[$ - 1] >> >> >> This would make accessing list elements counted from the rear >> almost just as easy as it is now but wouldn't interfere with >> the ask forgiveness programming style. > > How would you pass this argument to __getitem__?
Well assuming lst.last, was the last index of lst, __getitem__ would get lst.last and lst.last - 1 passed. > What would be allowed, only '$-x' or also '$+x' or what else? Any expression where an int is allowed. > What type would '$' be? It would be an int. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
