[Python-ideas] Deprecate str.find

[Ethan Furman]

Mike Graham wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> You don't find try/except wordy and opaque? I find "if" more idiomatic most of the time.
> 
> Not really. If we don't like exceptionhandling, we're using the wrong language.

I think exception handling is awesome.  I also think dictionaries are 
awesome, but I don't use them when what I need is a set.

~Ethan~