On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:13:41PM -0500, Evan Simpson wrote:
The explanation isn't that hard, at least for a user with a basic knowledge of data structures --
they have a basic knowledge of data structures but they can't be taught to write a python script in about the same amount of time?
you usually use key: with a dictionary, and item: with a sequence. The exception is when you have an integer key in a dictionary.
That exception does smell a bit funny... having to say here/some_dict/item:0 just feels odd. But I can't remember ever using integers as dictionary keys so it's probably not worth fussing over. :-)
I hope that the list above makes the consistency clearer.
actually it does help a bit, thanks. hmm. It's not horrible :-) I'm just still on the fence about whether we really need it. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's BUTCHER BROMO-BOTTLE CAP! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)