[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set without removing it (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Oct 24 19:55:20 CEST 2009


On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> wrote:

To me, however, a set seems to be a container that is a specialization of a dict with values and keys being the same.

That's absurd; the mapping provides nothing useful.

-- --Guido van Rossum

PS. My elbow needs a couple more weeks of rest. Limiting myself to ultra-short emails.



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