[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set withoutremoving it (original) (raw)
A.M. Kuchling amk at amk.ca
Fri Oct 30 21:27:22 CET 2009
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:37:36PM +0100, Georg Brandl wrote:
I don't like this. It gives a set object a hidden state, something that AFAICS no other builtin has. Iterating over an iterable is what iterators are for.
It also makes the object thread-unsafe; there's no way for two threads to iterate over it at the same time. It's a terrible idea to introduce new things that won't work under threaded usage.
--amk
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