Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I think the issue is than slice constructor accepts integer out of Py_ssize_t range. And more, it accepts any objects, not only integers or None.
>>> slice(3.4, 'a', {}) slice(3.4, 'a', {}) May be we should disallow creating of such doubtful slices and raise TypeError or OverflowError. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14794> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com