[issue32288] Inconsistent behavior with slice assignment?

2018-05-09 Thread Massimiliano Culpo
Massimiliano Culpo <massimiliano.cu...@googlemail.com> added the comment: Hi Serhiy, I briefly checked out Python 3.7.0b3, and saw no changes with respect to: - Documenting what is the exact meaning of "extended slice" (but that now is also tracked by issue 32289

[issue32288] Inconsistent behavior with slice assignment?

2017-12-12 Thread Massimiliano Culpo
Massimiliano Culpo <massimiliano.cu...@googlemail.com> added the comment: Steven and Stefan, thanks for the quick replies, even though they are giving slightly different answers to the same questions :-) @steven.daprano > You refer to the docs that specify extended syntax as [start:

[issue32288] Inconsistent behavior with slice assignment?

2017-12-12 Thread Massimiliano Culpo
New submission from Massimiliano Culpo <massimiliano.cu...@googlemail.com>: I am not really sure if what I am reporting is to be considered a bug in the interpreter (slice built-in), a lack in documentation or if it is just me not finding the proper references (in which case feel free to