Logging, scanning, and singleton objects for Python: logscan.py and singleton.py

# - - -   S c a n . m a t c h A r b

    def matchArb ( self, s ):
        '''Does the rest of the line start with s, case-insensitive?
        '''

Conveniently, the Python slice operator does not complain if you specify an ending position beyond the end of the string.

        #-- 1 --
        endPos = self.pos + len(s)

        #-- 2 --
        # [ t  :=  contents of self.line from position self.pos
        #          up to position endPos or end of line, whichever
        #          is shorter ]
        t = self.line[self.pos:endPos]

        #-- 3 --
        if s.upper() == t.upper():
            return endPos
        else:
            return None