New submission from Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info>:

Looking at issue 32288, I realised that the glossary doesn't define "extended 
slicing" or "extended slice", even though they are common terms. Although I 
thought I know what they meant, on closer reflection I realised I wasn't sure.

Does extended slicing refer to slice *objects* with a stride/step, as opposed 
to slice objects all the way back in Python 1.3 (yes, *one* point 3) that only 
had start and end?

Does it refer specifically to the two-colon form of slice *syntax*?

Both? Neither?

https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-slice

The only documentation I found is from the 2.3 What's New:

https://docs.python.org/2.3/whatsnew/section-slices.html

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assignee: docs@python
components: Documentation
messages: 308125
nosy: Massimiliano Culpo, docs@python, steven.daprano
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Glossary does not define "extended slicing"
type: enhancement

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