[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Doc/ref ref3.tex,1.50,1.51

[Fred L. Drake]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref
In directory slayer.i.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv28749/ref

Modified Files:
	ref3.tex 
Log Message:

Note that __getitem__() may receive a slice object as the index;
reported by Detlef Lannert <lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>.


Index: ref3.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref/ref3.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.50
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -C2 -r1.50 -r1.51
*** ref3.tex	2000/09/19 18:21:25	1.50
--- ref3.tex	2000/09/21 05:28:26	1.51
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*** 1096,1101 ****
  \begin{methoddesc}[mapping object]{__getitem__}{self, key}
  Called to implement evaluation of \code{\var{self}[\var{key}]}.
! For a sequence types, the accepted keys should be integers.  Note that
! the special interpretation of negative indices (if the class wishes to
  emulate a sequence type) is up to the \method{__getitem__()} method.
  If \var{key} is of an inappropriate type, \exception{TypeError} may be
--- 1096,1102 ----
  \begin{methoddesc}[mapping object]{__getitem__}{self, key}
  Called to implement evaluation of \code{\var{self}[\var{key}]}.
! For sequence types, the accepted keys should be integers and slice
! objects.\obindex{slice}  Note that
! the special interpretation of negative indexes (if the class wishes to
  emulate a sequence type) is up to the \method{__getitem__()} method.
  If \var{key} is of an inappropriate type, \exception{TypeError} may be