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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T13:05:50+00:00 2026-05-11T13:05:50+00:00

Is there a common function to do this? Right now I’m just doing the

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Is there a common function to do this? Right now I’m just doing the following (and overriding __len__)

if idx < 0:     idx = len(self) + idx if idx < 0 or idx >= len(self):     raise IndexError, "array index (%d) out of range [0, %d)" %(idx, len(self)) 
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  1. 2026-05-11T13:05:51+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 1:05 pm

    That seems fine to me. I don’t think there is a better or built-in way to do that; overriding is about providing your own functionality, after all.

    Edited to remove rather stupid suggestion.

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