From 0115e098daa3851f1e2eb44f277d4cd9101e61b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:32:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 6305: Clarify error message for large arguments to itertools.islice(). --- Modules/itertoolsmodule.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c index 1353e76819a..64e36066b47 100644 --- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c +++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ islice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) if (PyErr_Occurred()) PyErr_Clear(); PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, - "Stop argument for islice() must be a non-negative integer or None."); + "Stop argument for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= maxint."); return NULL; } } @@ -1152,14 +1152,14 @@ islice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) if (PyErr_Occurred()) PyErr_Clear(); PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, - "Stop argument for islice() must be a non-negative integer or None."); + "Stop argument for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= maxint."); return NULL; } } } if (start<0 || stop<-1) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, - "Indices for islice() must be non-negative integers or None."); + "Indices for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= maxint."); return NULL; }