Raymond Hettinger wrote:
Looking at sample code transformations shows that the high-power mxTextTools and re approaches do not simplify code that currently uses s.find(). In contrast, the proposed partition() method is a joy to use and has no surprises. The following code transformation shows unbeatable simplicity and clarity.
+1 This doesn't cause any backward compatible issues as well!
--- From CGIHTTPServer.py ---------------
def run_cgi(self): """Execute a CGI script.""" dir, rest = self.cgi_info i = rest.rfind('?') if i >= 0: rest, query = rest[:i], rest[i+1:] else: query = '' i = rest.find('/') if i >= 0: script, rest = rest[:i], rest[i:] else: script, rest = rest, '' . . .
def run_cgi(self): """Execute a CGI script.""" dir, rest = self.cgi_info rest, _, query = rest.rpartition('?') script, _, rest = rest.partition('/') . . .
+1 Much easier to read and understand! Cheers, Ron