[Python-Dev] Dafanging the find() gotcha

[Eric S Raymond]

Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net>:
> This isn't, e,g., SNOBOL4, where matching againt a pattern variable that
> somtimes contains a null pattern can be useful for its control-flow side
> effects.  These are "just strings" in Python, and searching is just
> searching.

<voice accent="Viennese"> And sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar. </voice>
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		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>