PEP 218 Re: ANN: set-0.1 module available

[Erik Max Francis]

"James J. Besemer" wrote:

> "Denis S. Otkidach" wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Roman Suzi wrote:
> >
> > That's to complex.  Maybe sets should be always immutable like
> > tuples?
> 
> Python has clear precedent for doing so, in that strings, tuples
> and long integers all are immutable.

Why is that a precedent?  Lists aren't immutable, and you're as likely
to want to add and remove objects from a set as you are to modify a
list.

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