Proposed new collection methods

Robert Kern rkern at ucsd.edu
Sat Aug 6 22:19:32 EDT 2005


Robert Kern wrote:
> Christopher Subich wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dear Zeus no.  Find can be defined as:
>>def find(self, test=lambda x:1):
>>    try:
>>       item = (s for s in iter(self) if test(s)).next()
>>    except StopIteration:
>>       raise ValueError('No matching items in list')
> 
> I would prefer that a find() operation return as soon as it locates an 
> item that passes the test. This generator version tests every item.

Pardon me, I am retarded.

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