Mailman 3 syntax for set - Python-ideas

14 Nov 2010


      Hi,

I am sure this has come up before and if it doesn't exist I believe
there is a good reason for it. Anyway, here's my thought: how about
having a syntax representation for sets? A mix of a dict and
list/tuple syntax would make the most sense, such as:
...
...
...
isinstance({"foo", "bar"}, set)
True
The problem here is: how to represent an empty set as {} would
conflict with the dict repr. Then how about using a brand new
"container" syntax that wouldn't conflict with existing ones?
...
...
...
<"foo", "bar"> == set(("foo", "bar"))
True
...
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<> == set()
True
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syntax for set

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