Supported updates of an array by negative index

mongoengine/base/datastructures.py

@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ class BaseList(list):
         super(BaseList, self).__init__(list_items)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
+        # change index to positive value because MongoDB does not support negative one
+        if isinstance(key, int) and key < 0:
+            key = len(self) + key
         value = super(BaseList, self).__getitem__(key)
 
         if isinstance(key, slice):