aset/aref for char-tables, range-tables etc.

[Ben Wing]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

>>>>>>"Ben" == Ben Wing <ben at 666.com> writes:
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>    Ben> i originally decided that it was a bad idea to allow
>    Ben> aset/aref to operate over char-tables and range-tables, like
>    Ben> FSF does.  but now i'm not so sure.
>
>I have no opinion, except that the analogy to Python is weak precisely
>because we don't have slicing.  I don't necessarily thing that's a
>serious fault.
>
>  
>
but setting a range on a char-table and range-table *is* somewhat like 
slicing. [not exactly, since slicing slices in whole arrays, whereas we 
slice in a foo * slice-size, in python lingo.]

ben