On 27/05/2011 00:27, Ethan Furman wrote:
I've tried this in 2.5 - 3.2:--> 'this is a test'.startswith('this') True --> 'this is a test'.startswith('this', None, None) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: slice indices must be integers or None or have an __index__ method The 3.2 docs say this: str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]]) Return True if string starts with the prefix, otherwise return False. prefix can also be a tuple of prefixes to look for. With optional start, test string beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing string at that position str.endswith(suffix[, start[, end]]) Return True if the string ends with the specified suffix, otherwise return False. suffix can also be a tuple of suffixes to look for. With optional start, test beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing at that position. Any reason this is not a bug?
Let's see: 'start' and 'end' are optional, but aren't keyword arguments, and can't be None... I'd say bug. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
