On 16/08/2012 17:13, Ethan Furman wrote:
MRAB wrote:
On 16/08/2012 02:22, Ethan Furman wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:26:09 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:

Indexes have a new method (rebirth of an old one, really):

   .index_search(
      match,
      start=None,
      stop=None,
      nearest=False,
      partial=False )
[...]

Why "index_search" rather than just "search"?

Because "search" already exists and returns a dbf.List of all matching
records.

Perhaps that should've been called "find_all"!

In interesting thought.

Currently there are:

    .index(data)   --> returns index of data in Index, or raises error
    .query(string) --> brute force search, returns all matching records
    .search(match) --> binary search through table, returns all matching
                       records

'index' and 'query' are supported by Tables, Lists, and Indexes; search
(and now index_search) are only supported on Indexes.

What exactly is the difference between .index and .index_search with
the default arguments?
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