[issue4243] has_key doc could be clearer
Georg Brandl
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Sat Nov 1 19:14:32 CET 2008
Georg Brandl <georg at python.org> added the comment:
Forgive me for playing stupid here, but I want to understand English
better. I would fully understand the confusion had the sentence been
"dict.has_key(key) is equivalent to key in d, but it is deprecated."
Terry's and Martin' example sentences are transferable to that. However,
the actual sentence was
"dict.has_key(key) is equivalent to key in d, but deprecated."
Let me try to construct a similar sentence:
"Guido was once a colleague of Joe, but much smarter."
Can the "but" clause really be taken as referring to Joe? Or is it
simply not an English sentence? ;)
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