[ python-Bugs-1697820 ] __getslice__ still used in built-in types

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Bugs item #1697820, was opened at 2007-04-10 12:06
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Torsten Bronger (bronger)
>Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Summary: __getslice__ still used in built-in types

Initial Comment:
In the Python language reference <http://docs.python.org/ref/sequence-methods.html>, after the sentence

"""Deprecated since release 2.0. Support slice objects as parameters to the __getitem__() method."""

I suggest the following addition:

"""However, built-in types in CPython currently still implement __getslice__.  Therefore, you have to override it in derived classes when implementing slicing."""

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>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2007-04-12 13:34

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Sensible suggestion.

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