list index()

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:44:33 -0700, zzbbaadd wrote:

> What's with the index() function of lists throwing an exception on not
> found? Let's hope this is rectified in Python 3. If nothing else, add
> a function that doesn't throw an exception. There are a million
> situations where you can have an item not be in a list and it is not
> an exception situation.

Write such a function yourself, it is quite easy after all.  I very seldom
use the `list.index()` method.  What do your millions situations look like?
Maybe there is a better data structure than lists for those situations!?

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch