New submission from ipatrol <ipatrol6...@yahoo.com>: I see in a lot of references for computer programming a function that returns an arbitrary value from a standard or frozen set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_%28computer_science%29 describes it as pick. It surprised me when I discovered that Python sets don't have this method. I would suggest the returned value be somewhat random to prevent repeated calls from returning repeated results. Perhaps a small C-level counter could control that, which can then roll over uneventfully if enough calls are made.
---------- components: None messages: 106590 nosy: ipatrol priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Add nondestructive selection to sets type: feature request versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8830> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
