dbf.py API question concerning Index.index_search()

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Wed Aug 15 20:28:31 EDT 2012


On 08/15/12 19:21, Ethan Furman wrote:
> The well-hidden clue was this line:
> 
> nearest returns where the match should be instead of raising an error
> 
> And my question should have been:
> 
>    What should the return value be when nearest == True?

Ah, well that's somewhat clearer.  Return the closest and not bother
to let the user know it was inexact.  Upon requesting it with
nearest=True, they *knew* that the result might be a nearest match.
 Though if they ask for nearest, an exact match *better* be the
nearest if it exists. :-P

I'd say the API-user shouldn't ask for what they don't want.

-tkc








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