On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 09:00 -0800, Josiah Carlson wrote: [...] > Sets are tacked on. That's why you need to use 'import sets' to get to > them, in a similar fashion that you need to use 'import array' to get > access to C-like arrays.
No you don't; $ python Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 30 2005, 21:51:10) [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> v=set((1,2,3)) >>> f=frozenset(v) >>> set and frozenset are now builtin. > I personally object to making syntax for sets for the same reasons I > object to making arrays, heapqs, Queues, deques, or any of the other > data structure-defining modules in the standard library into syntax. Nuff was a fairy... though I guess it depends on where you draw the line; should [1,2,3] be list(1,2,3)? -- Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://minkirri.apana.org.au/~abo/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
