On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:31:12 -0400 bearophile <bearophileh...@lycos.com> wrote:
> Jonathan M Davis: > > > Well, then use indexOf() to get the offset and remove() to remove the > > element. > > But you must test the result value of indexOf, because it returns -1 (a > signed value, probably an integer, not a signed word, so it may give troubles > on 64 bit systems) when the item is missing. This is why Python has both a > way to remove an item by index and by value. > > Bye, > bearophile In my opinion, such non-obvious complications are good reasons to have seemingly trivial operations implemented as builtin routines. (and should throw error in case of failure) Denis -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com
