Walter Dörwald <wal...@livinglogic.de> added the comment:

This is a common thinko. ;)

If i is negative then len(s) - i would be greater that len(s). However len(s) + 
i  is correct. Example:

foo[-1] is foo[len(foo) + (-1)] is foo[len(foo)-1]

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nosy: +doerwalter
resolution:  -> invalid
status: open -> closed

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