[Python-Dev] slightly inconsistent set/list pop behaviour (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Wed Apr 8 07:47:45 CEST 2009


[Tennessee Leeuwenburg ]

Now, I know that sets aren't ordered, but...

foo = set([1,2,3,4,5]) bar = [1,2,3,4,5] foo.pop() will reliably return 1 while bar.pop() will return 5 discuss :)

If that's what you need: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576694/

Raymond



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