I don't quite get this "string".find()

[Batista, Facundo]

[Grant Edwards]

#- > I don't know why the function was set up this way.  
#- However, an empty  
#- > string can be found in an infinite number of places within 
#- any other  
#- > string.
#- 
#- How so?  There aren't an infinite number of places _in_ a
#- finite-length string.

Beware!

You can not deal with infinities (in strings, for example, or surviving
inside a black hole) unless you are Tim Peters.

.	Facundo
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