Zachary Ware <zachary.w...@gmail.com> added the comment:

`-1` is not out of bounds unless the array is empty; negative indices count 
from the other end:

>>> a = list("some array")
>>> a
['s', 'o', 'm', 'e', ' ', 'a', 'r', 'r', 'a', 'y']
>>> a[-1]
'y'
>>> b = []
>>> b[-1]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
IndexError: list index out of range



See about halfway down this [1] section; look for "Indices may also be 
negative".

[1] 
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html?highlight=Indices+negative+numbers#strings

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nosy: +zach.ware
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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