[Python-Dev] Set options

[Skip Montanaro]

    BAW> It would seem to me that distutils is a better way to go for
    BAW> kjbuckets.  The core already has basic sets (via dictionaries).
    BAW> We're pretty much just quibbling about efficiency, API, and syntax,
    BAW> aren't we?

Yes (though I would quibble with your use of the word "quibbling" ;-).  If
new syntax is in the offing as some have proposed, why not go for a more
efficient implementation at the same time?  I believe Aaron has maintained
that kjbuckets is generally more efficient than Python's dictionary object.

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