[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set without removing it (original) (raw)
James Y Knight foom at fuhm.net
Sun Oct 25 18:09:11 CET 2009
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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?
If you want to optimize python, this operation is certainly not the
right place to start...
James
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