[Tutor] How is "set(ls).add('a') evaluated? [Was: Re: A program that can check if all elements of the list are mutually disjoint]

Mats Wichmann mats at wichmann.us
Sun Jun 6 19:09:32 EDT 2021


On 6/6/21 5:05 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:

> "add" is a verb. It modifies the set. "union" is a noun: it returns a
> thing computed from the set(s).
...
> Grammar helps, provided that people have put a little effort into naming
> the API calls.

Yeah, that: API design is actually not that easy. Including naming :)




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