Issue 1464658: PyList_GetItem() clarification - Python tracker (original) (raw)
Issue1464658
Created on 2006-04-05 03:38 by stefan, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg28090 - (view) | Author: Stefan Seefeld (stefan) *  |
Date: 2006-04-05 03:38 |
| The PyList_GetItem function is documented at http://docs.python.org/api/listObjects.html as returning "...the object at position pos...". However, even though in python -1 is a valid index, this function expects a 'real' index. 1) I believe it would be worthwhile pointing out in the API docs that in fact a positive value is expected. 2) It would be good to change the function signature to expect an unsigned int instead of an int for the index. | ||
| msg28091 - (view) | Author: Matt Fleming (splitscreen) | Date: 2006-04-05 11:59 |
| Logged In: YES user_id=1126061 I agree with these suggestions. It's not impossible for someone to 'just assume' a negative index is handled correctly by PyList_GetItem(). +1 | ||
| msg28092 - (view) | Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * |
Date: 2006-04-06 12:46 |
| Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Thanks! Fixed in rev. 43704, 43705. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:56:16 | admin | set | github: 43160 |
| 2006-04-05 03:38:23 | stefan | create |