Why does this happen when extracting a slice?

Question

Python

L = [0,1,2,3]
L[-1000:100]

Why does the interpreter output the entire list when it doesn't have that length?

Answer 1

because you are in Python and not in Go
displays the intersection of sets, one fig to interpret
Go would swear, because it has to deal directly with addresses

Answer 2

In python, the existing part will be trimmed accurately, if the elements do not fall into the interval, an empty list is returned. Retrieving element L[-100] will throw an index error.
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