[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set withoutremoving it (original) (raw)

geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 26 21:14:58 CET 2009


On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:

P.S.  It is weird that this thread is gaining traction at the same time as the moratorium thread.  Go figure :-) I'm beginning to think maybe adding a method to a built-in object type should fall under the moratorium. -- --Guido van Rossum

Seems like any changes requiring support from uninvolved developers should fall under the moratorium. If the proposal is to add a set.get() function to the set API, then this clearly falls under that heading.

Geremy Condra



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