Re: hasattr() or "x in y"?

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On 11/03/2016 21:53, Charles T. Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:44:27 +0000, Charles T. Smith wrote:
>
>>  From the performance point of view, which is better: - hasattr()
>> - x in y
>>
>> TIA
>> cts
>
>
> I just realized that "in" won't look back through the class hierarchy...
> that clearly makes them not interchangable, but given we're only
> interested in the current dict...
>

Dict, don't you mean collection?  Or, to put it another way, what 
exactly were you originally asking?

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Mark Lawrence

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hasattr() or "x in y"? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 21:44 +0000
  Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 08:55 +1100
  Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 21:53 +0000
    Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 09:04 +1100
    Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-11 22:05 +0000
  Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-11 22:00 +0000
    Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 22:18 +0000
      Re: hasattr() or "x in y"? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-11 22:30 +0000

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