[New-bugs-announce] [issue4632] Wrong fix for range(42)[::-1]

[Thomas Heller]

New submission from Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org>:

The 2to3 fixer translates this code:
    range(42)[::-1]
into this one:
    list(range(42)[::-1]
which throws an error when run with Python 3:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
    print(list(range(42)[::-1]))
TypeError: sequence index must be integer, not 'slice'

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components: 2to3 (2.x to 3.0 conversion tool)
messages: 77604
nosy: theller
severity: normal
status: open
title: Wrong fix for range(42)[::-1]

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