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On 16/08/2012 01:28, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 08/15/12 19:21, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> The well-hidden clue was this line:
>>
>> nearest returns where the match should be instead of raising an error
>>
>> And my question should have been:
>>
>>    What should the return value be when nearest == True?
>
> Ah, well that's somewhat clearer.  Return the closest and not bother
> to let the user know it was inexact.  Upon requesting it with
> nearest=True, they *knew* that the result might be a nearest match.
>   Though if they ask for nearest, an exact match *better* be the
> nearest if it exists. :-P
>
> I'd say the API-user shouldn't ask for what they don't want.
>
+1