Yet Another Dan sez: ... Requiring an array index to be an integer is considered a typing > problem because it can be checked based on only the variable itself, > whereas checking whether it's in bounds requires knowledge about the array.
You mean like subtype MyArrayIndexType is INTEGER 7 .. 11 type MyArrayType is array (MyArrayIndexType) of MyElementType Dima -- We're sysadmins. Sanity happens to other people. -- Chris King -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list