[Python-Dev] Re: Sets: elt in dict, lst.include
Ka-Ping Yee
ping@lfw.org
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:58:43 -0800 (PST)
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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