PEP 276 (was Re: Status of PEP's?)

[Aahz Maruch]

[posted & e-mailed]

In article <mailman.1014854027.3045.python-list at python.org>,
 <James_Althoff at i2.com> wrote:
>
>Rather than restart the entire debate on PEP 276, please send me
>suggestions for specific changes to the PEP.

My primary complaint about the PEP is that the following idiom is
awkward, ugly, and prone to misunderstanding:

    if i in 5:
        ...

Please add this to your list of objections.
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