[Python-Dev] PySlice_GetIndicesEx annd stable ABI: bikeshedding

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 21.12.16 19:34, Brett Cannon wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 at 06:52 Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com
> <mailto:storchaka at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     [SNIP]
>     Let's start bikeshedding. What are your ideas about names and the order
>     of arguments of two following functions?
>
>     1. Takes a slice object, returns it's start, stop and step as Py_ssize_t
>     values. Can fail.
>
>
> start, stop, step
>
>
>
>     2. Takes slice's start, stop, step, and the length of the sequence (all
>     are Py_ssize_t), returns adjusted start, stop, and the length of sliced
>     subsequence (as Py_ssize_t). Always success.
>
>
> length, start, stop, step
>
> No specific ideas on names.

Thank you for your response Brett.