"Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 4/24/06, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I dislike that as much as I dislike [<genexp>] as a shorthand for >> list(<genexp>), but I have no trouble admitting that if we have the >> [...] form, it's consistent to have the {...} one too. > > I think you're atypical in that dislike.
Like Greg and you, I would like to see sets treated the same way they might have been if included from the beginning in 1.0. The current situation is only understandable knowing their history as an add-on reflecting a slight relaxation of initial minimalism. Terry Jan Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
