[Python-3000] sets in P3K?

[Terry Reedy]

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message 
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> On 4/24/06, Alex Martelli <aleaxit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I dislike that as much as I dislike [<genexp>] as a shorthand for
>> list(<genexp>), but I have no trouble admitting that if we have the
>> [...] form, it's consistent to have the {...} one too.
>
> I think you're atypical in that dislike.

Like Greg and you, I would like to see sets treated the same way they might 
have been if included from the beginning in 1.0.  The current situation is 
only understandable knowing their history as an add-on reflecting a slight 
relaxation of initial minimalism.

Terry Jan Reedy