FWIW, I favor {3, 5, 7} because it's similar to the notation for
dictionaries.
Greg
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Greg Stein wrote:
> >
> > I think the follow is just as readable, if not more so:
> >
> > >>> s = set(1, 5, 7)
> >
> > Where set() is a new builtin, taking an arbitrary number of arguments and
> > returning a new Set type.
>
> Sure. We would certainly need a set() built-in anyway.
> I just thought the {1, 5, 7} syntax would be quite nice
> for math-and-science people, as it matches textbooks well.
>
>
> -- ?!ng
>
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