shouldn't 'string'.find('ugh') return 0, not -1 ?

[Simon Brunning]

On 10/31/07, jelle <jelleferinga at gmail.com> wrote:
> the subject pretty much says it all.
> if I check a string for for a substring, and this substring isn't found,
> should't the .find method return 0 rather than -1?
> this breaks the
>
> if check.find('something'):
>     do(somethingElse)

print 'ughughugh'.find('ugh')

;-)

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