[Jython-dev] Implementing PyList with java.util.ArrayList

[Frank W. <fwi...@gm...>]

I'm working on implementing some Python 2.3 list behaviors in PyList
and I've come to deleting a slice with a step value greater than one.=20
Thinking about the problem, it will be a little annoying to do this by
creating a new array and copying the diffed array in (this is
essentially how the slice deleting works now).  It occurred to me that
this would be *much* easier to implement if PyList was backed by an
ArrayList (just remove() the elements).  In fact much of PyList would
become simpler, at least with respect to readability and
maintainability.  Does anyone have any objections to replacing the
internal array in PyList with an ArrayList, especially given that we
are dropping Java 1.1 support?

Thanks,
Frank Wierzbicki