[Python-Dev] I think my set module is ready for prime time; comments?

[Eric S. Raymond]

uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com <uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com>:
> I've seen so many set hacks with dictionaries (memory ouch) and list
> hacks (speed ouch) in Python code out there, that I'm convinced it
> would meet much more common usage than, say zlib, xdr, or even
> expat.

Uche brings up a point I meant to make in my reply to Guido.  The dict-
vs.-list choice in set representation is indeed a choice between 
memory ouch and speed ouch.  

I believe most uses of sets are small sets.  That reduces the speed ouch
of using a list representation and increases the proportional memory
ouch of a dictionary implementation.
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