new string method in 2.5 (partition)

[Terry Reedy]

"Bruno Desthuilliers" <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr> wrote in 
message news:4510425e$0$12250$636a55ce at news.free.fr...
>Err... is it me being dumb, or is it a perfect use case for str.split ?

s.partition() was invented and its design settled on as a result of looking 
at some awkward constructions in the standard library and other actual use 
cases.  Sometimes it replaces s.find or s.index instead of s.split.  In 
some cases, it is meant to be used within a loop.  I was not involved and 
so would refer you to the pydev discussions.

tjr