Well, it does have the slight problem: d=Dict(); d[1]=1; d[nothing]=2; d #Dict{Any,Any} with 2 entries: # nothing => 2 # 1 => 1 @show findfirst(equalto(0), d) #findfirst(equalto(0), d) = nothing @show findfirst(equalto(1), d) #findfirst(equalto(1), d) = 1 @show findfirst(equalto(2), d) #f…

[image] The new output of findfirst is dangerous There can be no confusion as to whether a match was found or not That’s not true, if nothing can be an index (key) into the collection. All the change did was hurt performance and move the place where things break down from one place (where 0 m…

Findfirst() with Dict for which nothing is a valid key

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nalimilan February 18, 2018, 11:17am 3

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Findfirst() with Dict for which nothing is a valid key

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