[Python-ideas] Default return values to int and float

[Ethan Furman]

Ron Adam wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 07:31 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>      for i in finding(x, s):
>>          ...
>>      else:
>>          # unless for loop has a break, this will happen...
>>          # not a problem until you want more than just the first
>>          # occurrence of s in x
> 
> 
>       for i in finding(x, s):
>           if i > 25:
>               break
>           <build or get a result>
>       else:
>           return result
>       raise(ValueError("string 's' had an 'x' after position 25")

And how did you decide on the magical number 25?

~Ethan~