> Are we sure we will never want pytlon-like :-based slicing syntax?
>

This doesn't close that door syntactically. A splice is not a postfix
operator, so you could never write:

arr[:blah:] // error: a splice is not a splice

Admittedly, the visuals of slicing a splice are interesting:

[:get_array():][2:8:2];

But I can train myself to read these for what they are.

Andrew