Reviewers: berkerpeksag, ezio.melotti, http://bugs.python.org/review/16470/diff/6577/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rs... File Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst (right): http://bugs.python.org/review/16470/diff/6577/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rs... Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst:524: {'r', 'd'} I copied all of these from the default branch, not noting the repr is different. But this is my first time cloning the Python source code.. On 2012/11/14 09:23:23, berkerpeksag wrote:

In 2.7.3:

>>> a = {x for x in 'abracadabra' if x not in 'abc'} >>> a set(['r', 'd'])

Please review this at http://bugs.python.org/review/16470/ Affected files: Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst diff -r bb21c800cf49 Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst Mon Nov 12 20:35:29 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst Wed Nov 14 14:55:09 2012 +0800 @@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ eliminating duplicate entries. Set objects also support mathematical operations like union, intersection, difference, and symmetric difference. +Curly braces or the :func:`set` function can be used to create sets. Note: To +create an empty set you have to use ``set()``, not ``{}``; the latter creates an +empty dictionary, a data structure that we discuss in the next section. + Here is a brief demonstration:: >>> basket = ['apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'] @@ -513,6 +517,13 @@ >>> a ^ b # letters in a or b but not both set(['r', 'd', 'b', 'm', 'z', 'l']) +Like :ref:`for lists <tut-listcomps>`, there is a set comprehension syntax:: + + >>> a = {x for x in 'abracadabra' if x not in 'abc'} + >>> a + {'r', 'd'} + + .. _tut-dictionaries: @@ -564,19 +575,18 @@ >>> 'guido' in tel True -The :func:`dict` constructor builds dictionaries directly from lists of -key-value pairs stored as tuples. When the pairs form a pattern, list -comprehensions can compactly specify the key-value list. :: +The :func:`dict` constructor builds dictionaries directly from sequences of +key-value pairs:: >>> dict([('sape', 4139), ('guido', 4127), ('jack', 4098)]) {'sape': 4139, 'jack': 4098, 'guido': 4127} - >>> dict([(x, x**2) for x in (2, 4, 6)]) # use a list comprehension + +In addition, dict comprehensions can be used to create dictionaries from +arbitrary key and value expressions:: + + >>> {x: x**2 for x in (2, 4, 6)} {2: 4, 4: 16, 6: 36} -Later in the tutorial, we will learn about Generator Expressions which are even -better suited for the task of supplying key-values pairs to the :func:`dict` -constructor. - When the keys are simple strings, it is sometimes easier to specify pairs using keyword arguments::