Re: [Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set withoutremoving it

ssteinerX@gmail.com wrote:

On Oct 27, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Terry Reedy wrote more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more:

Actually, I wrote 7 succinct lines that summarized and made a proposal. In general, I snip when quoting and write concisely as possible.

This topic needs its own flippin' newsgroup.

You need to learn politeness. You could have said just that, appropriate or not, without dumping on anyone in particular. Terry Jan Reedy