[ossig] Python 2.3 is out!

[Mukhsein Johari <pythonium@yahoo.com>]

Importing from zip archives (ala java jar),
Simple word searching in strings,
Generators, Sets (as standard datatype), oh my!

http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/whatsnew/

Elaboration of the string thing above:
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The in operator now works differently for strings.
Previously, when evaluating X in Y where X and Y are
strings, X could only be a single character. That's
now changed; X can be a string of any length, and X in
Y will return True if X is a substring of Y. If X is
the empty string, the result is always True.

>>> 'ab' in 'abcd'
True
>>> 'ad' in 'abcd'
False
>>> '' in 'abcd'
True

Note that this doesn't tell you where the substring
starts; if you need that information, use the find()
string method. 
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This is useful and quick if you want to see if a
certain substring exists in another string:

import xyz

mystring = xyz.getmystring(someEmail)
if "milk powder factory" in mystring:
  print "Yes, we have proof they have WMD's!"


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