On 3/24/06, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do find it somewhat interesting that we're considering moving the standard > containers to a more numpy-ish view of the world, though (i.e. one where > multiple mutable views of a data structure are common in order to avoid > unnecessary copying) > > Would that philosophy be extended to slicing operations, though?
That's a question I hadn't though about yet. I'm not sure I like it, but it sure is consistent with other view APIs; like everywhere, if you need a separate object, you can place a list() around it. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
