Sent from my iPad > On Oct 7, 2025, at 9:59 PM, Rob Cliffe via Python-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > In fairness, it is already possible to write > s[x:][:n] > which gives the "right" answer if n is non-negative, and is quite readable, > although this is slower than s[x:x+2], at least in tests that I did (and, I > would hazard a guess, always). > Best wishes > Rob Cliffe >
Which brings to mind a possible alternate syntax: s[x::n] Won’t say I think it is good enough to say that is how it should be, just throwing a new hat in the ring. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
