[Python-checkins] r51741 - python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Tue Sep  5 14:45:18 2006
New Revision: 51741

Modified:
   python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
Log:
Bug #1552618: change docs of dict.has_key() to reflect recommendation
to use "in".
 (backport from rev. 51740)

Modified: python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	(original)
+++ python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Tue Sep  5 14:45:18 2006
@@ -1410,15 +1410,15 @@
           {(1)}
   \lineiii{\var{a}.clear()}{remove all items from \code{a}}{}
   \lineiii{\var{a}.copy()}{a (shallow) copy of \code{a}}{}
-  \lineiii{\var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
+  \lineiii{\var{k} in \var{a}}
           {\code{True} if \var{a} has a key \var{k}, else \code{False}}
-          {}
-  \lineiii{\var{k} \code{in} \var{a}}
-          {Equivalent to \var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
           {(2)}
   \lineiii{\var{k} not in \var{a}}
-          {Equivalent to \code{not} \var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
+          {Equivalent to \code{not} \var{k} in \var{a}}
           {(2)}
+  \lineiii{\var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
+          {Equivalent to \var{k} \code{in} \var{a}, use that form in new code}
+          {}
   \lineiii{\var{a}.items()}
           {a copy of \var{a}'s list of (\var{key}, \var{value}) pairs}
           {(3)}