Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Travis Oliphant wrote: > >>I say it's a bug that should be fixed. Don't clear the error, raise it. > > Several people have said this, but I don't think it can work. > > If you raise an OverflowError in __index__, the slicing code cannot know > whether this meant as overflow or underflow (in a signed sense).
Why not use IndexError for an underflow, and OverflowError for an overflow? -- David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
