[Python-Dev] Re: Sets: elt in dict, lst.include

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> What would break if we decided to simply add __getitem__ (and other sequence
> methods) to list object's method table?  Would they foul something up or
> would simply sit around quietly waiting for hasattr to notice them?

That would work for lists, but not for any extension types that
use the sq_* protocol to behave like sequences.

For now, anyway, we're stuck with the two separate protocols
whether we like it or not.


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