greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz nick coghlan wrote indexable subtly different subscriptable former stronger connotations numeric indices sequencelike behaviour particularly since introduction operatorindex latter merely states container provides kinds mapping subscripts values container without provide implications nature mapping dont think everyone would agree example databases things called indexes even value used key isnt number ive never really liked term subscript context implies typographical feature ie writing something baseline isnt normally done textual programming language term index hand directly suggests idea looking something without relying indirection typography mathematical convention greg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 085333 1200 pythondev unscriptable