A few days ago, Guido said (in the thread "[Python-Dev] Python

version of PySlice_GetIndicesEx"):

> OK.  Michael, if you want to check in indices(), go ahead.

Then I did what was needed, but didn't check it in.  Here it is.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_slice.py b/Lib/test/test_slice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..895238f106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_slice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# tests for slice objects; in particular the indices method.
+
+from test_support import vereq
+
+vereq(slice(None           ).indices(10), (0, 10,  1))
+vereq(slice(None,  None,  2).indices(10), (0, 10,  2))
+vereq(slice(1,     None,  2).indices(10), (1, 10,  2))
+vereq(slice(None,  None, -1).indices(10), (9, -1, -1))
+vereq(slice(None,  None, -2).indices(10), (9, -1, -2))
+vereq(slice(3,     None, -2).indices(10), (3, -1, -2))
+vereq(slice(-100,  100     ).indices(10), slice(None).indices(10))
+vereq(slice(100,  -100,  -1).indices(10), slice(None, None, -1).indices(10))
+vereq(slice(-100L, 100L, 2L).indices(10), (0, 10,  2))
+