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Author serhiy.storchaka
Recipients docs@python, kgashok, martin.panter, serhiy.storchaka
Date 2017-09-18.09:31:14
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The documentation doesn't mention empty string specially because there is nothing special with empty string.

Returned index value is valid. "abcde"[5:5] == "".

Issue24243 is about the case of end < start. Not this case.

I don't see a bug here.
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2017-09-18 09:31:14serhiy.storchakasetrecipients: + serhiy.storchaka, docs@python, martin.panter, kgashok
2017-09-18 09:31:14serhiy.storchakasetmessageid: <1505727074.57.0.477918783745.issue31504@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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