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

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

Summarizing my opposition to a new set method:

1. there already are at least two succinct ways to get the same effect
2. those ways work with any container, not just sets
3. set implementations in other languages show that this isn't needed.
4. there is value to keeping the API compact
5. isn't needed for optimization (selecting the same value in a loop

makes no sense) 6) absence of real-world code examples that would be meaningfully improved

I would be happy to add an example to the docs so that this thread can finally end.

Please do!

Eric.