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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2019-07-06 17:40:27 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-07-06 17:40:27 -0400 |
| commit | f8709e804d16ec5d44b1d2f00d59a0f78df7b792 (patch) | |
| tree | 083f3c7f7c566e42c0beaad49cfa11e07d88f425 | |
| parent | fcf1d003bf4f0100c9d0921ff3d70e1127ca1b71 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-f8709e804d16ec5d44b1d2f00d59a0f78df7b792.tar.gz | |
bpo-37487: Fix PyList_GetItem index description. (GH-14623)
0 is a legal index.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/c-api/list.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-06-17-19-26.bpo-37487.QagfZ5.rst | 1 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/list.rst b/Doc/c-api/list.rst index 279783a243..dc9026605b 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/list.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/list.rst @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ List Objects .. c:function:: PyObject* PyList_GetItem(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t index) Return the object at position *index* in the list pointed to by *list*. The - position must be positive, indexing from the end of the list is not - supported. If *index* is out of bounds, return *NULL* and set an - :exc:`IndexError` exception. + position must be non-negative; indexing from the end of the list is not + supported. If *index* is out of bounds (<0 or >=len(list)), + return *NULL* and set an :exc:`IndexError` exception. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyList_GET_ITEM(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t i) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-06-17-19-26.bpo-37487.QagfZ5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-06-17-19-26.bpo-37487.QagfZ5.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..605d08c3c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-06-17-19-26.bpo-37487.QagfZ5.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix PyList_GetItem index description to include 0. |