[Python-3000] sets in P3K?

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Apr 27 14:50:22 CEST 2006


Greg Wilson wrote:
>> A set with no elements is:
>>    set()
> 
> I prefer Guido's earlier suggestion of {/} for the empty set (assuming no
> parsing ambiguities?):

I believe the leading '{' should be enough to clue the parser in to what's 
going on (i.e. '{/<anything>' is currently a syntax error)

I think I'm a convert - +1 for set literals, with {/} for the empty set.

Cheers,
Nick.

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