bug in str.startswith() and str.endswith()

[Stefan Behnel]

Roy Smith, 27.05.2011 03:13:
>   Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> -->  'this is a test'.startswith('this')
>> True
>> -->  'this is a test'.startswith('this', None, None)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in<module>
>> TypeError: slice indices must be integers or None or have an __index__
>> method
> [...]
>> Any reason this is not a bug?
>
> +1 for it being a bug.

Meaning that the right thing to do at this point is to file a bug report.

Stefan