Python 2.7 parser bug on syntax for set literals ?

[Jerry Hill]

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:40 AM, 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 don't see anything in the docs that indicates that set objects have
a .items() method.  http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#set

Python 3.1 is the same.

-- 
Jerry