Re: Slicing ideas

[Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 10:10:36PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Rob Kendrick <rjek@rjek.com> writes:
> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Rob Kendrick <rjek@rjek.com> wrote:
> >> > foo = t[1, 2, 3] -> __slice(t, 1, 2, 3)
> >> 
> >> Just to check the intended meaning; t[1,2,3] gives you {t[1],t[2],t[3]} ?
> >
> > No.  There is no intended meaning.  One could write a __slice function
> > that did this, though.
> 
> If there's no intended meaning, then the term "slice" is unnecessarily
> confusing/misleading.
> 
> Why not just call them "__multi_index" (or "__mindex") etc; boring, but
> at least obvious extensions of the existing terms ("just like index,
> only with multiple indices").

The word was selected at the beginning of the discussion on IRC, and not
changed at the end.  I advocate no specific naming.  Except perhaps
__plinth, because it sounds nice :)

(Please don't CC me :)

B.