Re: [Pytables-users] re: special interpretation of "/" character in __getitem__

[Norbert N. <Nor...@gm...>]

Am Freitag, 21. Januar 2005 08:00 schrieb russ:
> > it might make sense to do '/' parsing in __getitem__, such
> > that something["abc/djk"] is internally read equivalently
> > to something["abc"]["djk"]
>
> Actually I'd disagree with that.  I think the beauty of allowing any
> arbitrary string in the __getitem__ is that anything is allowed;  there
> are no special cases for the programmer to have to worry about.  It is
> very simple to use.  It doesn't make sense to me to provide a special
> interpretation for the "/" character purely in order to save typing a
> few characters in an interactive session.

'/' is prohibited by the underlying HDF5 as part of an identifier. It is 
therefore not an option to allow it in a PyTables identifer. The only 
question is whether it should raise an exception or have the special meaning.

Personally, I have no strong opinion on this question.

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