In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:11:38 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >> >>> Would it really be "confusing" if sets used the same interface as dicts >>> use? I don't think so. What else could "del aset[x]" mean other than >>> "delete element x"? >> >> Yes, but "x" in what sense? > > The only sense possible.
There is no precedent for using a set element as a subscript to the set. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list