[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set without removing it (original) (raw)
Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Sun Oct 25 18:57:07 CET 2009
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- James Y. Knight:
On Oct 25, 2009, at 2:50 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Alex Martelli wrote: Next(s) would seem good...
That does not work. It has to be next(iter(s)), and that has been tried and eliminated because it is significantly slower. But who cares about the speed of getting an arbitrary element from a set? How can it possibly be a problem in a real program?
Hmm, perhaps when using sets as work queues?
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