2.2 features

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.996866288.23363.python-list at python.org>,
Tim Peters <tim.one at home.com> wrote:
>
>Combine it with some backward-compatibility hacks, and you can do
>some, umm, "interesting" things with this:
>
>>>> def stringin(s, stuple):
>...     try:
>...         raise s
>...     except stuple:
>...         return 1
>...     else:
>...         return 0
>...
>>>> stringin('b', ('a', ('c', 'b'), 'd'))
>1
>>>> stringin('b', ('a', ('c', 'e'), 'd'))
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>  File "<stdin>", line 3, in stringin
>b

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