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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/slice.rst b/Doc/c-api/slice.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea2b5d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/c-api/slice.rst @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.. highlightlang:: c + +.. _slice-objects: + +Slice Objects +------------- + + +.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PySlice_Type + + .. index:: single: SliceType (in module types) + + The type object for slice objects. This is the same as ``slice`` and + ``types.SliceType``. + + +.. cfunction:: int PySlice_Check(PyObject *ob) + + Return true if *ob* is a slice object; *ob* must not be *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PySlice_New(PyObject *start, PyObject *stop, PyObject *step) + + Return a new slice object with the given values. The *start*, *stop*, and + *step* parameters are used as the values of the slice object attributes of the + same names. Any of the values may be *NULL*, in which case the ``None`` will be + used for the corresponding attribute. Return *NULL* if the new object could not + be allocated. + + +.. cfunction:: int PySlice_GetIndices(PySliceObject *slice, Py_ssize_t length, Py_ssize_t *start, Py_ssize_t *stop, Py_ssize_t *step) + + Retrieve the start, stop and step indices from the slice object *slice*, + assuming a sequence of length *length*. Treats indices greater than *length* as + errors. + + Returns 0 on success and -1 on error with no exception set (unless one of the + indices was not :const:`None` and failed to be converted to an integer, in which + case -1 is returned with an exception set). + + You probably do not want to use this function. If you want to use slice objects + in versions of Python prior to 2.3, you would probably do well to incorporate + the source of :cfunc:`PySlice_GetIndicesEx`, suitably renamed, in the source of + your extension. + + +.. cfunction:: int PySlice_GetIndicesEx(PySliceObject *slice, Py_ssize_t length, Py_ssize_t *start, Py_ssize_t *stop, Py_ssize_t *step, Py_ssize_t *slicelength) + + Usable replacement for :cfunc:`PySlice_GetIndices`. Retrieve the start, stop, + and step indices from the slice object *slice* assuming a sequence of length + *length*, and store the length of the slice in *slicelength*. Out of bounds + indices are clipped in a manner consistent with the handling of normal slices. + + Returns 0 on success and -1 on error with exception set. |