In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > "David C. Ullrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> >>> 'ab' in 'abc' > >> True > >> >>> [1,2] in [1,2,3] > >> False > > > > <URL:http://www.python.org/doc/ref/comparisons.html> > > > >> Is there a reason for the inconsistency? > > > > Probably. The special behaviour of string types was changed in Python > > 2.3, according to that document. > > As it stands, you'd get > > [1,2] in [1,2,3] == False > > [1,2] in [1, [1,2], 3] == True > > > This could be a good thing.
Oh, of course that's a good thing - changing "in" for lists to give True there would be awful. I was wondering why it _does_ work that way for strings. Maybe the answer is "because it can" - for strings the sort of possible problem you point out can't come up. > Mel. > > -- David C. Ullrich -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
