Re: [Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set without removing it

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:04, Vitor Bosshard <algorias@gmail.com> wrote:

I see this as being useful for frozensets as well, where you can't get an arbitrary element easily due to the obvious lack of .pop(). I ran into this recently, when I had a frozenset that I knew had 1 element (it was the difference between 2 other sets), but couldn't get to that element easily (get the pun?)

item, = set_of_one -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus