On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:37:36PM +0100, Georg Brandl wrote: > I don't like this. It gives a set object a hidden state, something that > AFAICS no other builtin has. Iterating over an iterable is what iterators > are for.
It also makes the object thread-unsafe; there's no way for two threads to iterate over it at the same time. It's a terrible idea to introduce new things that won't work under threaded usage. --amk _______________________________________________ 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
