Python 2.7 parser bug on syntax for set literals ?

[Ned Deily]

In article 
<AANLkTimy1bToUG8WrxR==EJuN_4oPvSUqMZFD8dWZb2m at mail.gmail.com>,
 Steve Howe <howesteve at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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.

>>> type({'', 1})
<type 'set'>
>>> type({'': 1})
<type 'dict'>

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org