- list.insert(i, x) now interprets negative i as it would be
interpreted by slicing, so negative values count from the end of the
list. This was the only place where such an interpretation was not
placed on a list index.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 054559b..438e619 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
Core and builtins
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+- list.insert(i, x) now interprets negative i as it would be
+ interpreted by slicing, so negative values count from the end of the
+ list. This was the only place where such an interpretation was not
+ placed on a list index.
+
- range() now works even if the arguments are longs with magnitude
larger than sys.maxint, as long as the total length of the sequence
fits. E.g., range(2**100, 2**101, 2**100) is the following list: