list index()

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:09:36 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:

> zzbbaadd at aol.com writes:
> 
>> What's with the index() function of lists throwing an exception on not
>> found?
> 
> It's letting you know that the item isn't in the list. There's no
> sensible return value from an "index" function in that condition.

What about -1?  C programmers do this all the time.  :-)

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch