On 4/26/06, Talin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A set with a single element is:
>
> {1,}
>
> In other words, we steal the idea from tuples - a trailing comma is used as a
> way to signal that this is a comma-separated list of one item.
There's no need for this; there's no ambiguity. The ambiguity only
starts for empty sets (unlike for tuples).
> A set with no elements is:
>
> set()
If we don't come up with something better I can live with this.
> Alternatively, you could take the tuple idea one step further:
>
> {,}
>
> However, I'm not sure I like this very much.
I'm sure I don't.
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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