Issue #16402: Merge fix from 3.2

Lib/test/test_range.py

@@ -312,6 +312,15 @@ class RangeTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, range, IN())
 
+        # Test use of user-defined classes in slice indices.
+        self.assertEqual(list(range(10)[:I(5)]), list(range(5)))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            range(0, 10)[:IX()]
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            range(0, 10)[:IN()]
+
     def test_count(self):
         self.assertEqual(range(3).count(-1), 0)
         self.assertEqual(range(3).count(0), 1)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #16402: When slicing a range, fix shadowing of exceptions from
+  __index__.
+
 - Issue #16336: fix input checking in the surrogatepass error handler.
   Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
 

Objects/rangeobject.c

@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ compute_slice_element(PyObject *obj)
         if (PyIndex_Check(obj)) {
             result = PyNumber_Index(obj);
         }
-    }
+        else {
-    if (result == NULL) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                            "slice indices must be integers or "
-                        "slice indices must be integers or "
+                            "None or have an __index__ method");
-                        "None or have an __index__ method");
+        }
     }
     return result;
 }