[issue40531] Adding the method find() to list

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

Please take this to Python ideas.  My understanding is that index() is supposed to be the one-way-to-do-it going forward.  The find() API proved to be problematic because -1 is a valid index and people were hitting bugs by failing to check for the -1 and then doing an unintended s[-1].

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nosy: +rhettinger
resolution:  -> rejected
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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