#5967: note that the C slicing APIs do not support negative indices.

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Georg Brandl 2009-06-04 10:15:57 +00:00
parent 46121e79ce
commit 3a5971c237
1 changed files with 6 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -149,9 +149,10 @@ List Objects
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyList_GetSlice(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t low, Py_ssize_t high)
Return a list of the objects in *list* containing the objects *between*
*low* and *high*. Return *NULL* and set an exception if unsuccessful.
Analogous to ``list[low:high]``.
Return a list of the objects in *list* containing the objects *between* *low*
and *high*. Return *NULL* and set an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous
to ``list[low:high]``. Negative indices, as when slicing from Python, are not
supported.
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
This function used an :ctype:`int` for *low* and *high*. This might
@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ List Objects
Set the slice of *list* between *low* and *high* to the contents of
*itemlist*. Analogous to ``list[low:high] = itemlist``. The *itemlist* may
be *NULL*, indicating the assignment of an empty list (slice deletion).
Return ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on failure.
Return ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on failure. Negative indices, as when
slicing from Python, are not supported.
.. versionchanged:: 2.5
This function used an :ctype:`int` for *low* and *high*. This might