Mirror
/
cpython
mirror of https://github.com/python/cpython
4
1
Fork 0
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

Issue 10889: Added entry for handling of indexing and slicing with ranges bigger than sys.maxsize.

This commit is contained in:
Raymond Hettinger 2011-01-16 18:22:06 +00:00
parent eec6dbf232
commit b965629a42
1 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

8
Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
View File

@ -541,8 +541,8 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
of an effort to make more objects fully implement the
:class:`collections.Sequence` :term:`abstract base class`. As a result, the
language will have a more uniform API. In addition, :class:`range` objects
now support slicing and negative indices. This makes *range* more
interoperable with lists::
now support slicing and negative indices, even with values larger than
:attr:`sys.maxsize`. This makes *range* more interoperable with lists::
>>> range(0, 100, 2).count(10)
1
@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
>>> range(0, 100, 2)[0:5]
range(0, 10, 2)
(Contributed by Daniel Stutzbach in :issue:`9213` and by Alexander Belopolsky
in :issue:`2690`.)
(Contributed by Daniel Stutzbach in :issue:`9213`, by Alexander Belopolsky
in :issue:`2690`, and by Nick Coghlan in :issue:`10889`.)
* The :func:`callable` builtin function from Py2.x was resurrected. It provides
a concise, readable alternative to using an :term:`abstract base class` in an