[Python-Dev] Adding start to enumerate()

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 12 May 2008 08:20:51 am Georg Brandl wrote:
> I believe the following is a common use-case for enumerate()
> (at least, I've used it quite some times):
>
> for lineno, line in enumerate(fileobject):
>      ...
>
> For this, it would be nice to have a start parameter for enumerate().

Why would it be nice? What would you use it for?

The only thing I can think of is printing lines with line numbers, and 
starting those line numbers at one instead of zero. If that's the only 
use-case, should it require built-in support?



-- 
Steven