On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:58 AM, georg.brandl <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > +catching an exception is expensive. In versions of Python prior to 2.0 it > was > +common to use this idiom::
Actually, given the "prior to 2.0" caveat, "mydict.has_key(key)" is right: the "key in mydict" version was only added in 2.2. This answer probably needs more improvements than just modernising the example that is already there. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
