[Python-ideas] Empty set, Empty dict

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>With a blank slate, the obvious choice is {} for the empty set and {:} for
>the empty dict, but Python doesn't have that option due to builtin sets
>arriving *long* after builtin dicts

Although, I think future-import could help the transition here, if we decided
it was a good idea.  Not that I'm necessarily advocating for it; set() is good
enough for me.

-Barry
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