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On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 23:51 -0700, Larry Bugbee wrote:
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> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> In my wishlist for Python 4000 I have:
and sooner would be nicer.
> * list.index renamed to list.find
> * str.find and list.find return None if the argument is not found
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...and forget throwing an exception if not found. None is much preferred.
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This is my preference also.<BR>
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I also prefer that the ValueError exception not be overused in the library.<BR>
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A good test might be how to write a function that finds a substring in a substring from a larger string. <BR>
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Cheers,<BR>
Ron<BR>
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