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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-06-13 11:41:07 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-06-13 11:41:07 (GMT)
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Changed the extended slice example to show that you can reverse a
string with a [::-1] slice.
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@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Core and builtins
finally clause. [SF bug 567538]
- Most builtin sequences now support "extended slices", i.e. slices
- with a third "stride" parameter. For example, "range(10)[1:6:2]"
- evaluates to [1, 3, 5].
+ with a third "stride" parameter. For example, "hello world"[::-1]
+ gives "dlrow olleh".
- Cycles going through the __class__ link of a new-style instance are
now detected by the garbage collector.