[Python-3000] Set literal
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Jan 31 00:11:28 CET 2008
Mike Klaas wrote:
> over 120k loc:
>
> All uses of set():
>
> $ pygrep '[^.a-z]set[(]' | grep -v unittest | wc
> 320 1583 24774
>
> Empty set():
>
> $ pygrep '[^.a-z]set[(][)]' | grep -v unittest | wc
> 114 478 7406
But that doesn't count uses of tuples that could be
turned into frozenset literals if such a thing existed.
> I think that 'set()' is a perfectly fine and readable empty set
> "literal".
Are you talking only about empty sets? If so, then I
agree. I thought you were talking about all potential
uses of set literals.
--
Greg
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