Re: Slicing ideas

[Louis Mamakos <louie@...>]

On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Rob Kendrick wrote:

> 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.
> 

Is the mechanism thought to be limited to exactly 3 arguments to the metamethod?  Could it be generalized to 2 or more "subscripts"?

Louis Mamakos