Viorel Preoteasa asked on python-help today about supporting slices with
non-integer indexes, e.g.:
foo['a':'abc'] = some_sequence
Currently the Python interpreter (in the slice_index function of ceval.c)
enforces integer slice indices. I won't pretend to provide motivation for
non-integral slice indices. Instead, I've CC'd Viorel and will let him
chime in if he feels the need. It does seem to me that if the __setslice__
programmer is willing to do the type checking and provide the semantics of
"from X to Y" for aribtrary X and Y that the interpreter should let
non-integer indices pass.
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