bpo-29549: Fixes docstring for str.index (#256)

* Updates B.index documentation.

* Updates str.index documentation, makes it Argument Clinic compatible.

* Removes ArgumentClinic code.

* Finishes string.index documentation.

* Updates string.rindex documentation.

* Documents B.rindex.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Objects/bytes_methods.c b/Objects/bytes_methods.c
index 85d9cee..bd79773 100644
--- a/Objects/bytes_methods.c
+++ b/Objects/bytes_methods.c
@@ -546,7 +546,11 @@ _Py_bytes_find(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *args)
 PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_index__doc__,
 "B.index(sub[, start[, end]]) -> int\n\
 \n\
-Like B.find() but raise ValueError when the subsection is not found.");
+Return the lowest index in B where subsection sub is found,\n\
+such that sub is contained within B[start,end].  Optional\n\
+arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\
+\n\
+Raises ValueError when the subsection is not found.");
 
 PyObject *
 _Py_bytes_index(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *args)
@@ -583,7 +587,11 @@ _Py_bytes_rfind(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *args)
 PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_rindex__doc__,
 "B.rindex(sub[, start[, end]]) -> int\n\
 \n\
-Like B.rfind() but raise ValueError when the subsection is not found.");
+Return the highest index in B where subsection sub is found,\n\
+such that sub is contained within B[start,end].  Optional\n\
+arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\
+\n\
+Raise ValueError when the subsection is not found.");
 
 PyObject *
 _Py_bytes_rindex(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *args)
@@ -815,4 +823,3 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_zfill__doc__,
 "\n"
 "Pad a numeric string B with zeros on the left, to fill a field\n"
 "of the specified width.  B is never truncated.");
-
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index d3a7f54..b414571 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -11697,7 +11697,11 @@ unicode_hash(PyObject *self)
 PyDoc_STRVAR(index__doc__,
              "S.index(sub[, start[, end]]) -> int\n\
 \n\
-Like S.find() but raise ValueError when the substring is not found.");
+Return the lowest index in S where substring sub is found, \n\
+such that sub is contained within S[start:end].  Optional\n\
+arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\
+\n\
+Raises ValueError when the substring is not found.");
 
 static PyObject *
 unicode_index(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -12813,7 +12817,11 @@ unicode_rfind(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rindex__doc__,
              "S.rindex(sub[, start[, end]]) -> int\n\
 \n\
-Like S.rfind() but raise ValueError when the substring is not found.");
+Return the highest index in S where substring sub is found,\n\
+such that sub is contained within S[start:end].  Optional\n\
+arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\
+\n\
+Raises ValueError when the substring is not found.");
 
 static PyObject *
 unicode_rindex(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)