dbf.py API question concerning Index.index_search()
MRAB
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Wed Aug 15 22:21:18 EDT 2012
On 16/08/2012 02:22, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:26:09 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>>> Indexes have a new method (rebirth of an old one, really):
>>>
>>> .index_search(
>>> match,
>>> start=None,
>>> stop=None,
>>> nearest=False,
>>> partial=False )
>> [...]
>>
>> Why "index_search" rather than just "search"?
>
> Because "search" already exists and returns a dbf.List of all matching
> records.
>
Perhaps that should've been called "find_all"!
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