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r74008 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-15 02:46:42 +0200 (Mi, 15 Jul 2009) | 1 line
update year
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r74021 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-16 09:33:04 +0200 (Do, 16 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6486: start with built in functions rather than "built in objects".
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r74022 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-16 09:38:35 +0200 (Do, 16 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6481: fix typo in os.system() replacement.
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r74074 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 11:03:10 +0200 (Sa, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6513: fix example code: warning categories are classes, not instances.
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r74075 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 11:06:31 +0200 (Sa, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6505: fix typos.
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r74077 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 11:43:40 +0200 (Sa, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6489: fix an ambiguity in getiterator() documentation.
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r74148 | ezio.melotti | 2009-07-21 22:18:27 +0200 (Di, 21 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6536 fixed typo
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r74179 | ezio.melotti | 2009-07-22 23:08:49 +0200 (Mi, 22 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6423 has_key -> in
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r74188 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-23 16:25:31 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line
use bools
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r74192 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 18:28:38 +0200 (Fr, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Fix arg types of et#.
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r74193 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 18:46:38 +0200 (Fr, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Dont put "void" in signature for nullary functions.
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r74194 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 22:09:46 +0200 (Fr, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6564: fix section about the two raise syntaxes.
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r74200 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-25 15:02:15 +0200 (Sa, 25 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6571: add index entries for more operators.
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r74205 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 15:36:39 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6576: fix cross-refs in re docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/cgi.rst b/Doc/library/cgi.rst
index 1e14e4b..58222ea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/cgi.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/cgi.rst
@@ -91,12 +91,13 @@
various environment variables set according to the CGI standard). Since it may
consume standard input, it should be instantiated only once.
-The :class:`FieldStorage` instance can be indexed like a Python dictionary, and
-also supports the standard dictionary methods :meth:`has_key` and :meth:`keys`.
-The built-in :func:`len` is also supported. Form fields containing empty
-strings are ignored and do not appear in the dictionary; to keep such values,
-provide a true value for the optional *keep_blank_values* keyword parameter when
-creating the :class:`FieldStorage` instance.
+The :class:`FieldStorage` instance can be indexed like a Python dictionary.
+It allows membership testing with the :keyword:`in` operator, and also supports
+the standard dictionary method :meth:`keys` and the built-in function
+:func:`len`. Form fields containing empty strings are ignored and do not appear
+in the dictionary; to keep such values, provide a true value for the optional
+*keep_blank_values* keyword parameter when creating the :class:`FieldStorage`
+instance.
For instance, the following code (which assumes that the
:mailheader:`Content-Type` header and blank line have already been printed)
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
string::
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
- if not (form.has_key("name") and form.has_key("addr")):
+ if "name" not in form or "addr" not in form:
print "<H1>Error</H1>"
print "Please fill in the name and addr fields."
return