From 3a5971c237f15617a49546dec7729177d9c7067b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:15:57 +0000 Subject: #5967: note that the C slicing APIs do not support negative indices. --- Doc/c-api/list.rst | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/c-api/list.rst b/Doc/c-api/list.rst index 2ce5ade..ebbab13 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/list.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/list.rst @@ -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 -- cgit v0.12