[Python-Dev] Set options (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 12:47:49 -0500 (EST)

"SM" == Skip Montanaro <skip@mojam.com> writes:

SM> Any reason why kjbuckets and friends have never been placed in
SM> the core?  If, as it seems from the discussion, a set type is
SM> a good thing to add to the core, it seems to me that Aaron's
SM> code would be a good candidate implementation/foundation.

It would seem to me that distutils is a better way to go for kjbuckets. The core already has basic sets (via dictionaries). We're pretty much just quibbling about efficiency, API, and syntax, aren't we?

-Barry