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Author ezio.melotti
Recipients docs@python, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, timehorse, tlynn
Date 2019-07-14.13:26:18
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The current behavior is inconsistent because the start position accepts both positive and negative indices, whereas the end position only accepts positive indices.
I think the proposal and the PR written by Anil are reasonable and should be merged.
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2019-07-14 13:26:18ezio.melottisetrecipients: + ezio.melotti, rhettinger, tlynn, timehorse, mrabarnett, docs@python, serhiy.storchaka
2019-07-14 13:26:18ezio.melottisetmessageid: <1563110778.45.0.672069800364.issue7940@roundup.psfhosted.org>
2019-07-14 13:26:18ezio.melottilinkissue7940 messages
2019-07-14 13:26:18ezio.melotticreate