[docs] [issue17576] PyNumber_Index() is not int-subclass friendly (or operator.index() docos lie)

[Nick Coghlan]

Nick Coghlan added the comment:

The ssize_t functions deliberately ignore lossy int conversions (e.g. from
floats) - that's why they only work on types that implement __index__.

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