On 29 Dec 2005 09:50:57 -0800, colinwb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> puts ck.first, ck[0], '*', ck.last, ck[-1]
One of the points at issue (minimalism/monotony) relates to TOOWTDI, which has implications for language/module design and for code readability. Ruby supports negative indices in the same way as Python, so why add .last as an alias for [-1]? It's just added mental baggage. And if you think .last is significantly more readable or convenient than [-1], why not add .secondlast ? And .first, and .second ? With one simple, obvious, general interface, these special cases only add unneeded complexity. Non est ponenda pluritas sine necessitate -- William of Ockham. Andrew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
