> > >> This is explained in the Python tutorial for strings > >> https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#strings, as a list > >> is a sequence just like a string it will act in exactly the same way. > >> > > > > The only relevant bit I found in that link is: "However, out of range > > slice indexes are handled gracefully when used for slicing". I do > > understand _how_ slices work, but I would really like to know a bit more > > about why slices will never throw out-of-bounds IndexErrors. > > That's what "handled gracefully" means. Instead of throwing, they get > clamped. > > ChrisA
Cool! Why? I know I'm being a bit pedantic here, but I truly would like to understand _why_ slices get clamped. I've been writing python code every day for almost 7 years, so usually I can figure stuff like this out, but I'm struggling here and would really appreciate some insight. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
