Ellipsis outside a slice

[Chris Perkins]

Is there a reason why the ... notation as a literal for Ellipsis is
only allowed inside a slice? Would allowing it elsewhere frighten the
parser?

Chris Perkins

[Terry Reedy]

Re: Ellipsis outside a slice


"Chris Perkins" <chrisperkins37 @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a reason why the ... notation as a literal for Ellipsis is
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It would complicate the parser for no purpose. One can already access
the singleton ellipsis object by it name -- Ellipsis. It was invented
and added for use in extended slices by Numerical Python and has no
grammatical use outside slices.

TJR