From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2010-08-23T18:03:53+09:00
Subject: Re: assert "foo"[3] != "foo"[3,1]...revisited

Hi,

In message "Re: assert "foo"[3] != "foo"[3,1]...revisited"
    on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:51:02 +0900, timr <timrandg@gmail.com> writes:

|I don't like that this passes
|assert "foo"[3] != "foo"[3,1]
|
|Matz, you are so smart, but this does not follow the principle of
|least surprise!!! こんなことはへんじゃないすか。

"foo"[3,1] is "" since when index is within the string, the sought
length will be rounded to fit in the size.  And 3 (which equals to the
length of the string) is considered as touching the end of the string,
so the result length is zero.

And a tip for you; never mention PoLS again to persuade me.  It's no
use.  If you have real trouble besides misunderstanding, let me know.

							matz.