>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <[email protected]> writes:

Randal> I can envision collection types where collect: can create something
Randal> that asSet can more easily turn into a set in bulk than adding each
Randal> element individually like this.

In particular, turning an array of 10,000 elements into a set
can start with a particular hashing size, whereas starting with
an empty set and adding 10,000 elements will likely involve rehasing
a number of times.  If 10,000 isn't troubling enough, make that
a million. :)

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