Hi, I don't actually know Python; I'm just trying to debug a problem I encounted in another program, so apologies if this has been covered before. I did do some Google searches though, and didn't find anything that specifically addressed this :)
According to the documentation at <http://docs.python.org/ref/sequence-methods.html>, __getslice__ is passed sys.maxint for a missing endpoint (foo[i:]). However, as far as I can tell, it's actually passing INT_MAX. I'm running Python 2.4 on an Alpha running NetBSD 2.0, an LP64 platform, so the two aren't the same. INT_MAX is 2^32-1, whereas sys.maxint is LONG_MAX: 2^64-1. So, am I misunderstanding things, or is this a doc bug, or a code bug? FWIW, the problem I encountered was some code that did something like: def __getslice__(self, a, b): if b == maxint: b = self.length # this never got executed, causing problems -- Name: Dave Huang | Mammal, mammal / their names are called / INet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | they raise a paw / the bat, the cat / FurryMUCK: Dahan | dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG Dahan: Hani G Y+C 29 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
