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Merge pull request #208 from andrewchambers/explain_why

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Explain the logic behind negative slice indices.
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Calvin Rose 2019-12-03 10:42:46 -05:00 committed by GitHub
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src/core/array.c
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@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static const JanetReg array_cfuns[] = {
"Takes a slice of array or tuple from start to end. The range is half open, "
"[start, end). Indexes can also be negative, indicating indexing from the end of the "
"end of the array. By default, start is 0 and end is the length of the array. "
"Returns a new array.")
"Note that index -1 is synonymous with index (length arrtup) to allow a full "
"negative slice range. Returns a new array.")
},
{
"array/concat", cfun_array_concat,

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src/core/string.c
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@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ static const JanetReg string_cfuns[] = {
"Returns a substring from a byte sequence. The substring is from "
"index start inclusive to index end exclusive. All indexing "
"is from 0. 'start' and 'end' can also be negative to indicate indexing "
"from the end of the string.")
"from the end of the string. Note that index -1 is synonymous with "
"index (length bytes) to allow a full negative slice range. ")
},
{
"string/repeat", cfun_string_repeat,

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src/core/tuple.c
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@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ static const JanetReg tuple_cfuns[] = {
JDOC("(tuple/slice arrtup [,start=0 [,end=(length arrtup)]])\n\n"
"Take a sub sequence of an array or tuple from index start "
"inclusive to index end exclusive. If start or end are not provided, "
"they default to 0 and the length of arrtup respectively."
"they default to 0 and the length of arrtup respectively. "
"'start' and 'end' can also be negative to indicate indexing "
"from the end of the input. Note that index -1 is synonymous with "
"index '(length arrtup)' to allow a full negative slice range. "
"Returns the new tuple.")
},
{