[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set withoutremoving it

[Jesse Noller]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>> P.S.  It is weird that this thread is gaining traction at the same
>> time as the moratorium thread.  Go figure :-)
>
> I'm beginning to think maybe adding a method to a built-in object type
> *should* fall under the moratorium.

So far, fiddling with the PEP, I'm on the fence - adding a method to a
built-in object type is sort of a grey area (at least in my mind). It
depends on if doing so significantly alters the language/syntax.

jesse