[Python-ideas] get method for sets?
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu May 17 03:51:04 CEST 2012
On 17/05/12 04:28, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Which element should it return? "Any
> element, so long as it isn't always the same element twice in a row" perhaps?
> Would flip-flopping between the first and second elements meet your requirements?
It might be useful to have a method specified as returning the
same element that a subsequent pop() would return. Then it could
be used as a look-ahead for an algorithm involving a pop-loop,
or for anything with more liberal requirements.
--
Greg
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