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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Slicing with negative strides |
| Date | 2013-10-29 09:34 +0000 |
| References | <526f45f8$0$6512$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <XnsA26858FD6F7E7duncanbooth@127.0.0.1> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1752.1383039312.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 29/10/2013 08:53, Duncan Booth wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> Does anyone here use slices (or range/xrange) with negative strides >> other than -1? >> >> E.g. sequence[2:15:-3] > > With any negative stride your example is just the empty sequence. > >> >> >> If so, there is a discussion (long, long, looooooong discussion) on >> the python-ideas mailing list, debating whether or not to deprecate or >> change the behaviour of slicing with negative strides. So if you care >> about the current behaviour, now is the time to stand up and be >> counted. >> >> (Standing up *here* is fine, don't feel that you have to join yet >> another list.) >> > For those of us that don't really want to join another mailing list, could > you summarise what change is being proposed? > Umpteen options have been put forward. IMHO the bookies favourite is currently being endorsed by Tim Peters and Terry Reedy, yours odds may vary :) -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence
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Slicing with negative strides Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-29 05:22 +0000
Re: Slicing with negative strides Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-10-29 08:53 +0000
Re: Slicing with negative strides Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-29 09:34 +0000
Re: Slicing with negative strides Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-29 06:21 -0400
Re: Slicing with negative strides Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-29 11:04 +0000
Re: Slicing with negative strides Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-29 08:54 +0000
Re: Slicing with negative strides Martin Manns <mmanns@gmx.net> - 2013-11-04 00:15 +0100
Re: Slicing with negative strides Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-04 15:18 +0000
Re: Slicing with negative strides Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-06 11:15 -0800
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