From: Eli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 03:10:26 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Issue 12003: fixing error in xrange alternative sample
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.2rc1~22
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=29f6efa844950fa50cb58a0fe6ace584954df157;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Issue 12003: fixing error in xrange alternative sample
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 4b63c9f70e78..962a53d45eab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
       also requires that the number of elements fit in a native C long.  If a
       larger range is needed, an alternate version can be crafted using the
       :mod:`itertools` module: ``islice(count(start, step),
-      (stop-start+step-1)//step)``.
+      (stop-start+step-1+2*(step<0))//step)``.
 
 
 .. function:: zip([iterable, ...])