[Python-ideas] str.find() and friends support a lists of inputs

[Terry Reedy]

On 4/17/2014 4:28 PM, Ryan Hiebert wrote:
> I like the idea.

The idea depends on being able to iterate through strings.

 > I agree with the assertion that has been discussed
> previously that a string really shouldn't be iterable.

...except when they should be. This assertion is off-topic for 
python-ideas. If you bring it up on python-list, I will say more.

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Terry Jan Reedy