[Python-ideas] Non-boolean return from __contains__

[Nick Coghlan]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Bruce Leban <bruce at leapyear.org> wrote:
> Let me see if I understand this:
>
> False in [False]
>
> Returns True now but would return False with your change.

No, that would be unaffected, since builtin containers would retain
their current semantics.

Raymond's objections apply though - using syntax rather than a method
makes the language noticeably more complicated for minimal gain.

Cheers,
Nick.

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