Python 2.7 parser bug on syntax for set literals ?

[Steve Howe]

Hello Geremy,

The whole point is, is not supposed to be a set; a set literal would
end with "})". As you can see, there is no such construct in the
string.
It's just a dict inside parentheses. Somehow, the parser seems to
think it's a set.

--
Howe
howesteve at gmail.com



On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:58 AM, geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Steve Howe <howesteve at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This looks like a parser bug, but it's so basic I'm in doubt. Can
>> anyone confirm ?
>>
>>>>> import sys
>>>>> sys.version
>> '2.7.0+ (r27:82500, Sep 15 2010, 18:14:55) \n[GCC 4.4.5]'
>>>>> ({'', 1}.items())
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> AttributeError: 'set' object has no attribute 'items'
>
> I'm not clear on what the bug is supposed to be, as this looks right
> to me. Or are you trying to make a dictionary and getting thrown by
> the set syntax?
>
> Geremy Condra
>