New Features in Python 1.6

[Christian Tismer]

Hamish Lawson wrote:
> 
> As I read Guido's announcement an increasing sense of unease
> came over me. Then I saw the posting date. Ah, it must be an
> April Fool joke. No, really ... It MUST be an April Fool Joke!
> 
> However (assuming it was a joke) some people seem to have taken
> the bait and are quite concerned. Might it be a good idea now to
> admit that it was a joke before more Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
> is spread?

People always get what they deserve :-)

PythonWin 1.5.42+ (#0, Mar 29 2000, 20:23:26) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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Portions Copyright 1994-2000 Mark Hammond (MHammond at skippinet.com.au)
>>> " ".split("ha ha")
[' ']
>>> "ha ha".split(" ")
['ha', 'ha']
>>> 

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