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Python treats `slice(-1)` differently from `slice(-1, None)`:
The first is interpreted as `slice(None, -1, None)`, while the second
becomes `slice(-1, None, None)`, according to the logic in `slice_new`.

However, `np.strings.slice` treats these identically, as it cannot
distinguish unset arguments from arguments set to None. This makes it
impossible to get the last characters of each string, for example:
```python
>>> a = np.array(['hello', 'world'])
>>> np.strings.slice(a, -2, None)  # should return last two characters
array(['hel', 'wor'], dtype='<U5')
```

This commit fixes that behavior:
```python
>>> a = np.array(['hello', 'world'])
>>> np.strings.slice(a, -2, None)  # returns last characters as expected
array(['lo', 'ld'], dtype='<U5')
>>> np.strings.slice(a, -2)  # original behavior preserved if no stop
array(['hel', 'wor'], dtype='<U5')
```

It does this by adding a `stop=np._NoValue` default argument to
`np.strings.slice`, which can be overridden with `None`.

This commit also adds test conditions to
`numpy/_core/tests/test_strings.py::TestMethods::test_slice`
to verify that the slicing behavior matches Python's `slice`.
Note that 4 newly added test conditions are commented out for now,
as they cause errors with the "T" dtype. To reproduce:
```
>>> np.__version__
'2.3.3'
>>> a = np.array(['hello', 'world'], dtype="T")
>>> np.strings.slice(a, 5, 7)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "numpy-dev/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy/_core/strings.py", line 1823, in slice
    return _slice(a, start, stop, step)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MemoryError: Failed to allocate string in slice
```
This causes either a MemoryError or kills the process with code 251.

* BUG: Fix np.strings.slice when start and stop >= len

Allows commented test_slice conditions to be uncommented.

BUG: Fix np.strings.slice if stop=None or start and stop >= len (#29944)

…y#29944)

Python treats `slice(-1)` differently from `slice(-1, None)`:
The first is interpreted as `slice(None, -1, None)`, while the second
becomes `slice(-1, None, None)`, according to the logic in `slice_new`.

However, `np.strings.slice` treats these identically, as it cannot
distinguish unset arguments from arguments set to None. This makes it
impossible to get the last characters of each string, for example:
```python
>>> a = np.array(['hello', 'world'])
>>> np.strings.slice(a, -2, None)  # should return last two characters
array(['hel', 'wor'], dtype='<U5')
```

This commit fixes that behavior:
```python
>>> a = np.array(['hello', 'world'])
>>> np.strings.slice(a, -2, None)  # returns last characters as expected
array(['lo', 'ld'], dtype='<U5')
>>> np.strings.slice(a, -2)  # original behavior preserved if no stop
array(['hel', 'wor'], dtype='<U5')
```

It does this by adding a `stop=np._NoValue` default argument to
`np.strings.slice`, which can be overridden with `None`.

This commit also adds test conditions to
`numpy/_core/tests/test_strings.py::TestMethods::test_slice`
to verify that the slicing behavior matches Python's `slice`.
Note that 4 newly added test conditions are commented out for now,
as they cause errors with the "T" dtype. To reproduce:
```
>>> np.__version__
'2.3.3'
>>> a = np.array(['hello', 'world'], dtype="T")
>>> np.strings.slice(a, 5, 7)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "numpy-dev/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy/_core/strings.py", line 1823, in slice
    return _slice(a, start, stop, step)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MemoryError: Failed to allocate string in slice
```
This causes either a MemoryError or kills the process with code 251.

* BUG: Fix np.strings.slice when start and stop >= len

Allows commented test_slice conditions to be uncommented.