new string method in 2.5 (partition)

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

John Salerno a écrit :
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> 
>> Err... is it me being dumb, or is it a perfect use case for str.split ?
> 
> 
> Hmm, I suppose you could get nearly the same functionality as using 
> split(':', 1), but with partition you also get the separator returned as 
> well.

Well, you already know it since you use it to either split() or 
partition the string !-)

Not to say these two new methods are necessary useless - sometimes a 
small improvement to an API greatly simplifies a lot of common use cases.

>> There are IMVHO  much exciting new features in 2.5 (enhanced 
>> generators, try/except/finally, ternary operator, with: statement etc...)
> 
> 
> I definitely agree, but I figure everyone knows about those already. 
> There are also the startswith() and endswith() string methods that are 
> new 

Err... 'new' ???

> and seem neat as well.