Reconsider negative indexing?

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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Tech stack
rust
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data

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The issue discusses whether ndarray should support or reconsider negative indexing based on Python and NumPy behavior, but it names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the current indexing API and its documentation, then determine whether a concrete API change is warranted. Done requires an agreed direction and clearly defined behavior.

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I've not yet used ndarray, but looking at its description, it sounds like it follows Python's approach of using negative indices to could back from the end of an array? I would strongly suggest reconsidering that. It is the feature of numpy that in my experience most commonly results in hard to find bugs for now users.

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