From fb64c546d0b322574ec58ebd281829a40adf715b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Grewe <jan.grewe@g-node.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:30:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [dataarray] update docstring of get_slice

---
 nixio/data_array.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixio/data_array.py b/nixio/data_array.py
index 21819a4a..e94e147a 100644
--- a/nixio/data_array.py
+++ b/nixio/data_array.py
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ def get_slice(self, positions, extents=None, mode=DataSliceMode.Index):
         ```
 
         Note: The extents are *not* the end positions but the extent of the slice!
+        In the case of regularly sampled dimensions, reaching beyond the start of end of the respective dimension will cause an exception. For irregularly sampled data no 
+        exception will be raised but the returned DataView might be invalid and empty.
 
         :param positions: Specifies the start of the data slice. List of either indices or data positions depending on the DataSliceMode.
         :type positions: list length must match dimensionality of the data.