> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 05:25:52PM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> But the "in" operator isn't built on iteration, so that would be
>> in-consistent.
>
> "In-"consistent, heh :-)
>
> \>\>\> a = iter("abcde")
> \>>> a.__contains__
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> AttributeError: 'str_iterator' object has no attribute '__contains__'
> \>>> 'b' in a
> True
> \>>> list(a)
> ['c', 'd', 'e']
>
> https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#membership-test-operati...
>
> The "in" operator is built on iteration, but can be overridden by the
> `__contains__` method.
>
>> What you're asking for can best be spelled with any/all and iteration,
>> not a new operator.
>
> I completely agree.
I was replying to this.
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