Add check for too many colons

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>

Author: xylar

conda_package/mpas_tools/viz/mpas_to_xdmf/io.py

@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ def _parse_indices(index_string, dim_size):
     if ':' in index_string:
         # Support slice notation like ':', '0:10', '0:10:2', etc.
         parts = index_string.split(':')
+        # Validate that parts has at most 3 elements
+        if len(parts) > 3:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid index string '{index_string}': too many colons. Expected at most two colons.")
         # Pad parts to length 3 with empty strings if needed
         while len(parts) < 3:
             parts.append('')