[sf-lug] [PYCLASS] the in keyword

Asheesh Laroia asheesh at asheesh.org
Sun Jan 25 16:24:23 PST 2009


On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, jim wrote:

>   let's reserve a little time to discuss the in
> keyword (not an operator, as the text says, but
> that's not important):

I only just noticed this email!

>   the in keyword uses some feature of dictionaries
> to return values quickly; i'm guessing the feature
> is that of a hash table. recall our discussion last
> time was that the in keyword also uses features of
> lists and strings (sequences) and for all i recall
> (nothing further), the in keyword uses other
> features in other contexts. all in all seems helpful
> to review.

All in all indeed. Let's do it Monday.

-- Asheesh.

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