Bugs item #1464658, was opened at 2006-04-05 03:38 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by gbrandl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1464658&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Stefan Seefeld (stefan) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: PyList_GetItem() clarification Initial Comment: 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl) Date: 2006-04-06 12:46 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Thanks! Fixed in rev. 43704, 43705. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Matt Fleming (splitscreen) Date: 2006-04-05 11:59 Message: 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1464658&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
