Add support for deleting table rows.

README.rst

@@ -95,11 +95,17 @@ given by the table's ``.fields`` property:
     OrderedDict([('field1', <pypxlib.LongField object at 0x1072c6710>),
     ('field2', <pypxlib.AlphaField object at 0x10731ffd0>)]
     >>> table.insert((50, 'Some text'))
-    97
-    >>> table[97]
+    2
+    >>> table[2]
     Row(field1=50, field2='Some text')
 
-Don't forget to close the table when you are done!
+Deleting a row can be done via the ``del`` keyword:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    >>> del table[2]
+
+Finally, don't forget to close the table when you are done!
 
 .. code:: python
 

pypxlib/__init__.py

@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ def fields(self):
 					Field.from_type(ord(field.px_ftype), i, self.encoding)
 		return self._fields_cached
 	def __getitem__(self, rownum):
-		if not isinstance(rownum, int):
-			raise TypeError(
-				'Table indices must be integers, not %s.' % type(rownum)
-			)
+		self._check_rownum(rownum)
 		_len = len(self)
 		if rownum < 0:
 			rownum %= _len
@@ -60,6 +57,17 @@ def __getitem__(self, rownum):
 				(rownum, self.file_path)
 			)
 		return Row(self, rownum, pxvals)
+	def _check_rownum(self, rownum):
+		if not isinstance(rownum, int):
+			raise TypeError(
+				'Table indices must be integers, not %s.' % type(rownum)
+			)
+	def __delitem__(self, rownum):
+		self._check_rownum(rownum)
+		if PX_delete_record(self.pxdoc, rownum) == -1:
+			raise PXError(
+				'Could not delete row %d of file %s.' % (rownum, self.file_path)
+			)
 	def __len__(self):
 		return self.pxdoc.contents.px_head.contents.px_numrecords
 	def __iter__(self):

setup.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 setup(
 	name='pypxlib',
 
-	version='1.4',
+	version='1.5',
 
 	description=description,
 	long_description=