diff -r 51e6f318bdf1 -r 0d175ac527c1 contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Fri Mar 09 17:11:07 2012 +0100
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Mon Mar 12 13:37:39 2012 -0500
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
      "missing whitespace around operator"),
     (r'\s(\+=|-=|!=|<>|<=|>=|<<=|>>=)\S',
      "missing whitespace around operator"),
-    (r'[^+=*/!<>&| -](\s=|=\s)[^= ]',
+    (r'[^^+=*/!<>&| -](\s=|=\s)[^= ]',
      "wrong whitespace around ="),
     (r'raise Exception', "don't raise generic exceptions"),
     (r' is\s+(not\s+)?["\'0-9-]', "object comparison with literal"),