Raymond writes: > That suggests that we need a variant of split() that has been customized > for typical find/index use cases. Perhaps introduce a new pair of > methods, partition() and rpartition()
+1 My only suggestion is that when you're about to make a truly inspired suggestion like this one, that you use a new subject header. It will make it easier for the Python-Dev summary authors and for the people who look back in 20 years to ask "That str.partition() function is really swiggy! It's everywhere now, but I wonder what language had it first and who came up with it?" -- Michael Chermside [PS: To explain what "swiggy" means I'd probably have to borrow the time machine.] _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com