Re: [Groff] Question about .substring

[Tadziu Hoffmann]

> second parameter that gives an empty string, unlike the
> [startindex, endindex) interval where endindex is exclusive,
> e.g. Python.

But that's not to say that the python way is in any way
more intuitive or useful.  Example:

    >>> print [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8][-1] 
--> 8
    >>> print [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8][-2:-1] 
--> [7]

which makes negative indices pretty useless for retrieving
a subrange that includes the last element...