some random reflections of a "Python newbie": (2) language issues

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Tim Peters writes:
 > "if a in X:" currently works only if X is a list, tuple or string.  In
 > Python 1.6 it's supposed to work too if X is an instance of a class that
 > supports the special __contains__ method; see the 1.6 docs, preferably after
 > they're written <wink>.

  Send me a doc patch, and maybe we can tell Guido he has to implement 
it because that's how it's documented.  ;-)


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake at acm.org>
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