Why does Python show the whole array?

[John Posner]

 > Peter Otten wrote:

 >> Could you explain why you prefer 'contains(belly, beer)'
 >> or 'belly.contains(beer)' over 'beer in belly'? The last form may be 
a bit
 >> harder to find in the documentation, but once a newbie has learned about
 >> it he'll find it easy to remember.

andrew cooke wrote:

 > i don't know why i get involved in this type of discussion, but....

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I sense growing exasperation, and I do *not* have strong feelings on 
this matter, so I promise this will be my last message on this topic.

I don't really prefer 'contains(belly, beer)' over 'beer in belly'. 
Rather, it's a completeness/consistency argument: a language that 
includes these methods for string objects:

   belly.startswith(arg)
   belly.endswith(arg)

... should also include:

   belly.contains(arg)

The lack of this method increases the likelihood that a user will 
mistakenly use the find() method as a predicate.