Adjust the way __getslice__() is marked as deprecated; this will also

freddrake · freddrake · commit a00738259fff · 2000-08-18T02:42:14.000Z
stand out more.
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ \subsection{Emulating sequence and mapping types\label{sequence-types}}
 sequence, or slice objects, which define a range of items. (For backwards
 compatibility, the method \method{__getslice__()} (see below) can also be
 defined to handle simple, but not extended slices.) It is also recommended
-that mappings provide methods \method{keys()}, \method{values()},
+that mappings provide the methods \method{keys()}, \method{values()},
 \method{items()}, \method{has_key()}, \method{get()}, \method{clear()},
 \method{copy()}, and \method{update()} behaving similar to those for
 Python's standard dictionary objects; mutable sequences should provide
@@ -1132,6 +1132,8 @@ \subsection{Additional methods for emulation of sequence types
 three methods.
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[sequence object]{__getslice__}{self, i, j}
+\deprecated{2.0}{Support slice objects as parameters to the
+\method{__getitem__()} method.}
 Called to implement evaluation of \code{\var{self}[\var{i}:\var{j}]}.
 The returned object should be of the same type as \var{self}.  Note
 that missing \var{i} or \var{j} in the slice expression are replaced
@@ -1142,7 +1144,7 @@ \subsection{Additional methods for emulation of sequence types
 No guarantee is made that indexes adjusted this way are not still
 negative.  Indexes which are greater than the length of the sequence
 are not modified.
-This method is deprecated. If no \method{__getslice__()} is found, a slice
+If no \method{__getslice__()} is found, a slice
 object is created instead, and passed to \method{__getitem__()} instead.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
