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

Skip Montanaro skip@mojam.com (Skip Montanaro)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:57:30 -0600 (CST)


    Ping>     x is sequence-like if it provides __getitem__() but not keys()

So why does this barf?

    >>> [].__getitem__
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
    AttributeError: __getitem__

(Obviously, lists *do* understand __getitem__ at some level.  Why isn't it
exposed in the method table?)

Skip