Message 223054 - Python tracker

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Author	akira
Recipients	akira, barry, pitrou, r.david.murray
Date	2014-07-14.20:16:46
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Message-id	<1405369006.89.0.109782192632.issue21041@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> Aren't negative indexes well defined in Python? yes. I've provided the link to Python docs [1] in msg214642 that explicitly defines the behavior: > If i or j is negative, the index is relative to the end of the string: > len(s) + i or len(s) + j is substituted. But note that -0 is still 0. [1]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#sequence-types-list-tuple-range

> Aren't negative indexes well defined in Python?  

yes. I've provided the link to Python docs [1] in msg214642 that 
explicitly defines the behavior:

> If i or j is negative, the index is relative to the end of the string: 
> len(s) + i or len(s) + j is substituted. But note that -0 is still 0.

[1]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#sequence-types-list-tuple-range

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