Message 244139 - Python tracker

Message244139

Author	martin.panter
Recipients	martin.panter, r.david.murray, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka
Date	2015-05-26.22:14:53
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Message-id	<1432678493.77.0.425161429296.issue24284@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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How about this for What’s New: * The :meth:`str.startswith` and :meth:`str.endswith` methods no longer return ``True`` when finding the empty string and the indexes are completely out of range. See :issue:`24284`. Perhaps that is good enough, but if you wanted to be more precise, I think the actual condition is if the start index is beyond the end of the string, or end is before start.

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How about this for What’s New:

* The :meth:`str.startswith` and :meth:`str.endswith` methods no longer return ``True`` when finding the empty string and the indexes are completely out of range. See :issue:`24284`.

Perhaps that is good enough, but if you wanted to be more precise, I think the actual condition is if the *start* index is beyond the end of the string, or *end* is before *start*.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2015-05-26 22:14:53	martin.panter	set	recipients: + martin.panter, rhettinger, r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka
2015-05-26 22:14:53	martin.panter	set	messageid: <1432678493.77.0.425161429296.issue24284@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2015-05-26 22:14:53	martin.panter	link	issue24284 messages
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