[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-661913 ] str.index() exception message not consistent

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Bugs item #661913, was opened at 2003-01-03 18:20
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Inyeol Lee (inyeol)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: str.index() exception message not consistent

Initial Comment:
$ python
Python 2.3a1 (#1, Jan  2 2003, 22:36:29) 
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release)] on sunos5
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> 'a'.index('b')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: substring not found in string.index
>>> 'a'.rindex('b')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: substring not found in string.rindex
>>> u'a'.index('b')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: substring not found
>>> 

str.index()/str.rindex() exception message contains
"in string.(r)index", but
unicode.index()/unicode.rindex()
doesn't.

For me, unicode message is more clear, and it is
consistent with other string methods which raises
exception, for example;

>>> 'a'.split('')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: empty separator
>>> 

2.2.2 has the same issues.

Inyeol Lee

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Comment By: Christopher Blunck (blunck2)
Date: 2003-01-08 00:29

Message:
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see patch 664192

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