http://more-itertools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html
It raises ValueError as Steve suggested.
On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 8:34:26 AM UTC-6, Guido van Rossum wrote:
This is a key example of a case where code speaks. Can you write an implementation of how you would want single() to work in Python code?
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Ivan Pozdeev via Python-ideas
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On 30.10.2017 9:29, python-ide...@python.org wrote:
If I have understood your use-case, you have a function that returns a
list of results (or possibly an iterator, or a tuple, or some other
sequence):
print(search(haystack, needle))
# prints ['bronze needle', 'gold needle', 'silver needle']
There are times you expect there to be a single result, and if there are
multiple results, that is considered an error. Am I correct so far?
Correct.
If so, then sequence unpacking is your friend:
result, = search(haystack, needle)
<...>
I *think* this will solve your problem.
If not, can you please explain what "single()" is supposed to do, why it
belongs in itertools, and show an example of how it will work.
That works. Too arcane in my book though (and others' too according to https://stackoverflow.com/a/473337/648265), and the error messages are cryptic in this use case.
It also cannot be a part of an expression, unlike next().
The initial post on the above link summarizes the suggested implementation pretty well.
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Regards,
Ivan
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