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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 2ecce3dba5a..80bd1275973 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1839,15 +1839,15 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. ``range(start, stop, step)``. The *start* and *step* arguments default to ``None``. + Slice objects have read-only data attributes :attr:`!start`, + :attr:`!stop`, and :attr:`!step` which merely return the argument + values (or their default). They have no other explicit functionality; + however, they are used by NumPy and other third-party packages. + .. attribute:: slice.start .. attribute:: slice.stop .. attribute:: slice.step - Slice objects have read-only data attributes :attr:`!start`, - :attr:`!stop`, and :attr:`!step` which merely return the argument - values (or their default). They have no other explicit functionality; - however, they are used by NumPy and other third-party packages. - Slice objects are also generated when extended indexing syntax is used. For example: ``a[start:stop:step]`` or ``a[start:stop, i]``. See :func:`itertools.islice` for an alternate version that returns an |