[issue8757] Automatic set-to-frozenset conversions not thread-safe

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

I didn't disagree with you.  The swap bodies implementation technique is not expected and is exploitable in a number of ways.

What outcome to you want?  Eliminate the implicit set-to-frozenset conversion feature; introduce a non-mutating version that copies the entire set; or just document that the automatic conversion is non-atomic, temporarily mutating, and not thread-safe?

Personally, I've never been convinced of the value of this feature and would not feel sad to have it removed.

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