[Python-ideas] syntax for set

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Tue Nov 16 01:17:34 CET 2010


Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

> On 11/15/2010 2:02 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > There is nothing obvious about {:} for the empty dictionary. :-)
>
> 'Obvious' is always relative to the beholder ;-).

The proposed syntax is non-obvious if you're Dutch, perhaps? :-)

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