list index()

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:53:53 -0400, Marshall T. Vandegrift wrote:

> The Python string types have both the method `index()` which throws an
> exception and the method `find()` which implements the same behavior but
> returns -1 for not-found substrings.  I would naively have assumed the
> `list` type to provide both as well, but it provides only `index()`.
> 
> Anyone know the reason for this lack of parallelism?

Historical reasons and IIRC the `find()` method on strings will go away in
Python 3.0.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch