[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libsets.tex, 1.16, 1.17 libstdtypes.tex, 1.175, 1.176

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv18846

Modified Files:
	libsets.tex libstdtypes.tex 
Log Message:
SF bug #1179957:  Missing def'n of equality for set elements



Index: libsets.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libsets.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -d -r1.16 -r1.17
--- libsets.tex	19 Jan 2005 07:24:34 -0000	1.16
+++ libsets.tex	10 Apr 2005 17:32:35 -0000	1.17
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 abstract class useful for determining whether something is a set:
 \code{isinstance(\var{obj}, BaseSet)}.
 
-The set classes are implemented using dictionaries.  As a result, sets
+The set classes are implemented using dictionaries.  Accordingly, the
+requirements for set elements are the same as those for dictionary keys;
+namely, that the element defines both \method{__eq__} and \method{__hash__}.
+As a result, sets
 cannot contain mutable elements such as lists or dictionaries.
 However, they can contain immutable collections such as tuples or
 instances of \class{ImmutableSet}.  For convenience in implementing

Index: libstdtypes.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.175
retrieving revision 1.176
diff -u -d -r1.175 -r1.176
--- libstdtypes.tex	9 Feb 2005 23:19:25 -0000	1.175
+++ libstdtypes.tex	10 Apr 2005 17:32:35 -0000	1.176
@@ -1220,6 +1220,9 @@
 Since sets only define partial ordering (subset relationships), the output
 of the \method{list.sort()} method is undefined for lists of sets.
 
+Set elements are like dictionary keys; they need to define both
+\method{__hash__} and \method{__eq__} methods.
+
 Binary operations that mix \class{set} instances with \class{frozenset}
 return the type of the first operand.  For example:
 \samp{frozenset('ab') | set('bc')} returns an instance of \class{frozenset}.