stephen j turnbull xjzvfpwxemacsorg steven writes sat 19 apr 2008 221319 1000 nick coghlan wrote indexable subtly different subscriptable former stronger connotations numeric indices sequencelike behaviour maths background would expect subscripts almost always numeric eg xsubscripti means ith x value natural number dont think get general agreement tend connote numerical indicies hand many contexts index general concept subscript typographical convention representing index 1 indexable 05 subscriptable 01 scriptable _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 060416 0900 pythondev unscriptable