Issue 6305: Clarify error message for large arguments to itertools.islice().
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index f1e76e2..732bcd9 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@
if (PyErr_Occurred())
PyErr_Clear();
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
- "Stop argument for islice() must be a non-negative integer or None.");
+ "Stop argument for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= maxsize.");
return NULL;
}
}
@@ -1152,14 +1152,14 @@
if (PyErr_Occurred())
PyErr_Clear();
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
- "Stop argument for islice() must be a non-negative integer or None.");
+ "Stop argument for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= maxsize.");
return NULL;
}
}
}
if (start<0 || stop<-1) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
- "Indices for islice() must be non-negative integers or None.");
+ "Indices for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= maxsize.");
return NULL;
}