Can't get around "IndexError: list index out of range"

[Duncan Smith]

MonkeeSage wrote:
> 
> On Oct 7, 7:14 pm, Duncan Smith <buzz... at urubu.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>No.  The above constructs a list of keys and searches the list for the
>>key, O(n).  "key in somedict" is a lookup, O(1).
> 
> 
> My point wasn't in regard to implementation details, but in regard to
> convenience methods. Obviously the sugary dict methods are tweaked for
> the best performance (one would hope!), as would be sugary sequence
> methods were they to be added. What I was wondering is why
> dict.has_key() and get() are there but not list.has_index() and get().
> 
> Regards,
> Jordan
> 

All I can say is that, I personally, would have little use for those
list methods.  Those involved in the design of the language will no
doubt have much better reasons than this.

Duncan