Nick Coghlan added the comment: Heh, yeah, I've written *many* check_* methods in my life - I just hadn't made the link between that practice, and this suggestion.
I think that switches me firmly to the "don't change the behaviour" camp. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10548> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com