Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>:
> We *could* allow this for strings, but not for other sequences.
> For strings, type(s[0]) == type(s), and this avoids the ambiguity.
> The fact that currently ``noncharacter in string'' raises an exception
> makes it relatively painess to add semantics for it. But I'll have to
> think about why I ruled it out originall. I'll track down Eric here
> at LinuxWorld and discuss it with him, if we find time.
Alas, due to a massive screwup by IDG that I only discovered two days
ago, I won't be at LinuxWorld this time. Which bites; I was really looking
forward to going.
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