gh-143420: Clarify sequence behavior for slice indexes #143422
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This explain what happens when for negative start or stop arguments of big magnitude. Also reference sequence term in the :mod:`array` docs.
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CC @hugovk, per experts index (see issue thread on proposal to remove redundant methods from array docs) |
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What we should do with common array methods? I think removal (like for other sequence types, e.g. bytearray) is a good idea. But broken links is a problem. |
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Thanks @skirpichev for the PR, and @hugovk for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14. |
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GH-143701 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch. |
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GH-143703 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch. |
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This explain what happens when for negative start or stop arguments of big magnitude.
Also reference sequence term in the :mod:
arraydocs.sequence.insert#143420📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--143422.org.readthedocs.build/en/143422/library/stdtypes.html
https://cpython-previews--143422.org.readthedocs.build/en/143422/library/stdtypes.html#common-sequence-operations