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

[Terry Reedy]

ssteinerX at gmail.com wrote:
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> On Oct 27, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Terry Reedy wrote more and more and more 
> and more and more and more and more and more and more:

Actually, I wrote 7 succinct lines that summarized and made a proposal.
In general, I snip when quoting and write concisely as possible.

> This topic needs its own flippin' newsgroup.

You need to learn politeness. You could have said just that, appropriate 
or not, without dumping on anyone in particular.

Terry Jan Reedy