Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> Overall, I found that partition() usefully encapsulated commonly
> occurring low-level programming patterns. In most cases, it completely
> eliminated the need for slicing and indices. In several cases, code was
> simplified dramatically; in some, the simplification was minor; and in a
> few cases, the complexity was about the same. No cases were made worse.
it is, however, a bit worrying that you end up ignoring one or more
of the values in about 50% of your examples...
> ! rest, _, query = rest.rpartition('?')
> ! script, _, rest = rest.partition('/')
> ! _, sep, port = host.partition(':')
> ! head, sep, _ = path.rpartition('/')
> ! line, _, _ = line.partition(';') # strip
> chunk-extensions
> ! host, _, port = host.rpartition(':')
> ! head, _, tail = name.partition('.')
> ! head, _, tail = tail.partition('.')
> ! pname, found, _ = pname.rpartition('.')
> ! head, _, tail = name.partition('.')
> ! filename, _, arg = arg.rpartition(':')
> ! line, _, _ = line.partition('#')
> ! protocol, _, condition = meth.partition('_')
> ! filename, _, _ = filename.partition(chr(0))
this is also a bit worrying
> ! head, found, tail = seq.find('-')
but that's more a problem with the test suite.
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