[Patches] [ python-Patches-873305 ] list.__setitem__(slice) behavior

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Patches item #873305, was opened at 2004-01-08 15:46
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jonathan Brandmeyer (jbrandmeyer)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: list.__setitem__(slice) behavior

Initial Comment:
Consider the following:
>>> x = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> x[-1:0] = [5, 6, 7]

Currently the result is that x == [0,1,2,3,5,6,7,4]. 
However, I believe that calling setitem with an empty
slice should be a no-op, rather than performing an
insertion starting at the 'begin' index of the slice.

The following patch to Objects/listobject.c makes this
change.

Thanks,
Jonathan Brandmeyer

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