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

[Mark Dickinson]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> I'm beginning to think maybe adding a method to a built-in object type
> *should* fall under the moratorium.

Another possible test case for this decision is the int.from_bytes and
int.to_bytes methods, proposed a while ago, and implemented
by Alexandre Vassalotti.  See:

http://bugs.python.org/issue1023290

Mark