rfind bug ?

[Stef Mientki]

On 21-04-2010 10:56, Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Stef Mientki <stef.mientki at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> With the following code, I would expect a result of 5 !!
>>
>>     
>>>>> a= 'word1 word2 word3'
>>>>> a.rfind(' ',7)
>>>>>           
>> 11
>>
>> Is this a bug ?
>>     
> No. Don't you think someone would have found such an obvious bug by now?
>   
if it's not a bug,
then the start index has no meaning ...
... and some would call that a bug.

cheers,
Stef