Ticket #8092: request.__getitem__.patch

django/http/__init__.py

@@ -39 +39 @@
             (pformat(self.GET), pformat(self.POST), pformat(self.COOKIES),
             pformat(self.META))
 
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        for d in (self.POST, self.GET):
-            if key in d:
-                return d[key]
-        raise KeyError, "%s not found in either POST or GET" % key
-
-    def has_key(self, key):
-        return key in self.GET or key in self.POST
-
-    __contains__ = has_key
-
     def get_host(self):
         """Returns the HTTP host using the environment or request headers."""
         # We try three options, in order of decreasing preference.

docs/request_response.txt

@@ -170 +170 @@
 Methods
 -------
 
-``__getitem__(key)``
-   Returns the GET/POST value for the given key, checking POST first, then
-   GET. Raises ``KeyError`` if the key doesn't exist.
-
-   This lets you use dictionary-accessing syntax on an ``HttpRequest``
-   instance. Example: ``request["foo"]`` would return ``True`` if either
-   ``request.POST`` or ``request.GET`` had a ``"foo"`` key.
-
-``has_key()``
-   Returns ``True`` or ``False``, designating whether ``request.GET`` or
-   ``request.POST`` has the given key.
-
 ``get_host()``
    **New in Django development version**