Re: [Python-ideas] str.find() and friends support a lists of inputs

On 4/17/2014 4:28 PM, Ryan Hiebert wrote:

I like the idea.

The idea depends on being able to iterate through strings.

I agree with the assertion that has been discussed previously that a string really shouldn't be iterable.

...except when they should be. This assertion is off-topic for python-ideas. If you bring it up on python-list, I will say more. -- Terry Jan Reedy