[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Aug 30, 12:09 am, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 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. > > for str: > find( sub[, start[, end]]) > [...] > Return -1 if sub is not found. > > -1 is used in other languages as well.
It is no more sensible there than in the 'str.find' method, which is a historical wart. -- \ "Hey Homer! You're late for English!" "Pff! English, who needs | `\ that? I'm never going to England!" -- Barney & Homer, _The | _o__) Simpsons_ | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
