_PyEval_SliceIndex(): explain why a NULL argument is allowed (thanks

to Guido for the revelation).
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Tim Peters 2001-12-16 19:44:20 +00:00
parent cb479e78e0
commit b519638d1e

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@ -3332,14 +3332,14 @@ loop_subscript(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
Silently reduce values larger than INT_MAX to INT_MAX, and silently
boost values less than -INT_MAX to 0. Return 0 on error, 1 on success.
*/
/* XXX If v is NULL, this goes out of its way to indicate success(!), but
XXX doesn't store into *pi. Why isn't that an error, or at least v!=NULL
XXX an asserted precondition?
/* Note: If v is NULL, return success without storing into *pi. This
is because_PyEval_SliceIndex() is called by apply_slice(), which can be
called by the SLICE opcode with v and/or w equal to NULL.
*/
int
_PyEval_SliceIndex(PyObject *v, int *pi)
{
if (v != NULL) { /* XXX why isn't this assert(v != NULL()? */
if (v != NULL) {
long x;
if (PyInt_Check(v)) {
x = PyInt_AsLong(v);