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

[Andrii V. Mishkovskyi]

2007/10/31, jelle <jelleferinga at gmail.com>:
> 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)
>
> idiom, which is a bit of a pity I think.
>
> cheers,
>
> -jelle
>
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'foo'.find('f') returns 0

What's your point? :/
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