On 2007-08-30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> That wish will only come true if you maintain your own fork of
>> Python 3. has_key() will go away, period. It has been made
>> obsolete by "in", which is faster and more concise.
>
> Is there really some reason "key" IN dict can be implemented
> faster than dict.has_key("key")???
Yes. Looking up the has_key method by name is the slower part.
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