[Python-ideas] Deprecate str.find

[ron3200]

On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 23:51 -0700, Larry Bugbee wrote:

> > Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > In my wishlist for Python 4000 I have:
> 
> and sooner would be nicer.
> 
> > * list.index renamed to list.find
> > * str.find and list.find return None if the argument is not found
> 
> +1
> 
> ...and forget throwing an exception if not found.  None is much preferred.


This is my preference also.

I also prefer that the ValueError exception not be overused in the
library.

A good test might be how to write a function that finds a substring in a
substring from a larger string.  

Cheers,
    Ron

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