[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-485723 ] time.localtime() unsliceable!!

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Bugs item #485723, was opened at 2001-11-26 10:47
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: time.localtime() unsliceable!!

Initial Comment:
The result of time.localtime()[2:4]
(or any slice) will return a strange
result, to wit:
  (<nil>, <nil>)

Comparison of this slice to any other
value will cause Python to CORE.

For example:
   if time.localtime()[3:5] > (12, 00):
will CORE python.

This is version 2.2b1 on Linux.

The workaround I have used is to make
a shallow copy of the result of time.localtime().

That is, time.localtime()[:][2:4] works fine!

Also, single element indexing DOES seem to work.
It is just slicing that causes the problem.

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