Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Fine if it only happened once. But it's a commonly-made mistake. At some
> point you have to conclude that not all those people are stupid, there
> really is something wrong with the design.
I think "something wrong with the design" is overstating the case a bit,
and is likely to elicit some negative reactions in this forum. But I
agree with your point, to this extent: this situation illustrates the
way in which Python "overloads" the number zero:
Realm A: "0" indicates the first position in a sequence
Realm B: "0" indicates the Boolean value "False"
You just need to remember that the find() function works in Realm A, and
the "in" operator works in Realm B.
Q: Has anyone on the python-dev list ever proposed a "string"-module
function that does the job of the "in" operator? Maybe this:
if test.contains(item) # would return a Boolean value
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