dbf.py API question concerning Index.index_search()

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Wed Aug 15 22:21:18 EDT 2012


On 16/08/2012 02:22, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:26:09 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>>> Indexes have a new method (rebirth of an old one, really):
>>>
>>>    .index_search(
>>>       match,
>>>       start=None,
>>>       stop=None,
>>>       nearest=False,
>>>       partial=False )
>> [...]
>>
>> Why "index_search" rather than just "search"?
>
> Because "search" already exists and returns a dbf.List of all matching
> records.
>
Perhaps that should've been called "find_all"!



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