The logging module currently contains some weird-looking code that is
there to maintain 1.5.2 compatibility (*). I don't think that's needed
any more; neither does Vinay. I propose as a project for someone to
clean it up; perhaps compatibility could be maintained with 2.2 but
that's probably as far
Guido van Rossum wrote:
> (*) I found an example of code testing "if string.find(s, t) != 0",
> thinking it was a bug attempting to write "if t in s", but which Vinay
> identified as a 1.5.2 idiom for "if not s.startswith(t)"...
and as noted on the py3k list, not a very good one, given that the u
I prefer to focus on "clearer" and "less error-prone" rather than
"faster" in most cases.
I do agree it's a minor embarrassment that s.startswith(t) is slower
than s[:len(t)]==t; but I think we should make startswith() faster
rather than recommending the other idiom.
(Also, for longer substrings
Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I prefer to focus on "clearer" and "less error-prone" rather than
> "faster" in most cases.
well, given that "startwith" is by far the most common typo I make
when writing Python programs these days, I'm not so sure about that
error-proneness thing, but never mind...
>
