[Python-Dev] an alternative to embedding policy in PEP 418 (was: PEP 418: Add monotonic clock) (original) (raw)
Oleg Broytman phd at phdru.name
Thu Apr 5 22:15:08 CEST 2012
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:56:00AM -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
It's only an error if it's documented that way and, more importantly, thought of that way. The re module is a good example: if it can't find what you're looking for it returns None -- it does not raise a NotFound exception.
But open() raises IOError. ''.find('a') returns -1 but ''.index('a') raises ValueError. So we can argue in circles both ways, there are too many arguments pro and contra. Python is just too inconsistent to be consistently argued over. ;-)
Oleg.
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