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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Signature of slice is documented incorrectly","articleBody":"# Documentation\r\n\r\nhttps://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#slice currently shows:\r\n\r\n    class slice(start, stop, step=1)\r\n\r\nThis was changed from `slice(start, stop[, step])` in https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/96579. That default for `step` is incorrect. It's correct in a range, but in a slice it actually defaults to `None`:\r\n\r\n    \u003e\u003e\u003e slice(1,2).step is None\r\n    True\r\n\r\nMost code handle `step=1` and `step=None` the same way when receiving a slice, but user defined types implementing `__getitem__`/`__setitem__`/`__delitem__` aren't obliged to, and the correct default should be documented.\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-107756\n* gh-108955\n* gh-108956\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/wimglenn","@type":"Person","name":"wimglenn"},"datePublished":"2023-08-08T01:13:02.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/107755/cpython/issues/107755"}