On Sonntag 04 Januar 2009, Hans Meine wrote: > I have exported an array-like class using the __getitem__ implementation > given below among its overloads. It uses > boost::python::slice.get_indices(), and I am getting a RuntimeError when I > try to acces e.g. [1:-1] on a 2-element array. What is the rationale for > this "Zero-length slice" error? I would expect an empty iterator range. > OK, if end < begin, that could make problems, but what am I expected to do > to prevent this RuntimeError? (Yes, I did RTFM, but maybe I am overlooking > something?)
Yes, I was overlooking quite some things. Quoting the docs:
> Rationale: [...]
> exceptions on empty slice: It is impossible to define a closed interval
> over an empty range, so some other form of error checking would have to be
> used to prevent undefined behavior. In the case where the exception is not
> caught, it will simply be translated to Python by the default exception
> handling mechanisms.
I was tired and the automatic translation of std::invalid_argument into a
RuntimeError obviously outsmarted me.
So obviously, the answer is that I have to copy the boilerplate-try..catch
from the docs (and handle the empty interval case).
Ciao, / / .o.
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