"indefinite length" sequences. These should still have a length, but
the length is only used as a hint -- the actual length of the sequence
is determined by the item that raises IndexError, which may be either
smaller or larger than what len() returns. (This is a novelty; map(),
filter() and reduce() only allow the actual length to be larger than
what len() returns, not shorter. I'll fix that shortly.)
conversions. Formerly, for example, int('-') would return 0 instead
of raising ValueError, and int(' 0') would raise ValueError
(complaining about a null byte!) instead of 0...
Make sure that no tp_as_numbers->nb_<whatever> function is called
without checking for a NULL pointer. Marc-Andre Lemburg will love it!
(Except that he's just rewritten all this code for a different
approach to coercions ;-( )
programming style.
Recoded many routines to incorporate better error checking, and/or
better versions of the same function found elsewhere
(e.g. bltinmodule.c or ceval.c). In particular,
Py_Number_{Int,Long,Float}() now convert from strings, just like the
built-in functions int(), long() and float().
Sequences and mappings are now safe to have NULL function pointers
anywhere in their tp_as_sequence or tp_as_mapping fields. (A few
places in other files need to be checked in too.)
Renamed PySequence_In() to PySequence_Contains().
sequence, otherwise
operator.indexOf([4, 3, 2, 1], 9) would raise a SystemError!
Note: it might be wise to double check all these functions. I haven't
done that yet.
Guido van Rossum
Barry Warsaw