Re: delItem_

Serge Orlov wrote:

> Mark Hahn wrote:
>>> It is also not clear how to use .delItem_()?  Should I always make
>>> a Slice object for it? If so, how do I make a Slice?
>
>> There is no Slice contructor at the moment.  I will add that to the
>> to-do list.
>
>> delItem_() was meant for internal use.
>
>> replace
>
>>     Main.attrs_.delItem_($q)
>
>> with
>
>>     del Main.q
>
> What if I have a list of symbols to delete? I thought that
> "del something" is always compiled as calling delItem_() on
> the appropriate object.
> Main.z = Main.q
> is equal to
> Main.attrs_[$z] = Main.attrs_[$q]
> which is equal to
> Main.attrs_.setItem_($z) = Main.attrs_.getItem_($q)
>
> Am I right or wrong?

I don't know what Python does.

In any case I just put supporting a single non-slice object as an argument
for getItem_, set_item_, and del_item_ on the to-do list.