On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:09:36 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> What's with the index() function of lists throwing an exception on not >> found? > > It's letting you know that the item isn't in the list. There's no > sensible return value from an "index" function in that condition.
What about -1? C programmers do this all the time. :-)
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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