Am 23.12.2010 22:09, schrieb Éric Araujo: > Le 23/12/2010 20:55, Antoine Pitrou a écrit : >>> def __index__(self): >>> - """index(self)""" >>> + """someobject[self]""" >> >> This is misleading as to what the method actually does, > Really? Unless I misunderstood the docs, __index__ is used when the > object is used as an index (or with bin or oct, but I didn’t want to > complicate the docstring, just fix it).
In case Antoine's objection isn't clear yet: __index__ does *not* perform the actual indexing, as opposed to what the docstring suggests. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
