Ordering python sets

[Mr.SpOOn]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
> Tim Chase wrote:
>
>> Though for each test, in 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 that I've got
>> installed on my local machine, they each printed "s" in-order,
>> and the iteration occurred in-order as well, even without the
>> added "sorted(list(s))" code.
>
> You need more tests then ;)
>
>>>> list(set([1,1000]))
> [1000, 1]

It seems to me that it orders elements when you add using the add()
method, but if you create a set starting from a list, it may result
unordered.

Anyway, the add() fails to order if you try to add a float in a set of integers.

> By the way, sorted(s) is sufficient; sorted() accepts arbitrary iterables.

I'll try with this.