Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> It follows from what is documented. set(<iterable object>) creates a
> set that contains all elements in the iterable object:
> http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-63
> Now, is a dictionary an iterable object? Yes, it is:
> http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0234.html
> Together, this gives the property I demonstrated.
You need to know a third thing, namely that as an iterable object, a
dictionary returns the keys only, not the key/value tuples which would
also make some sense. If it had been designed that way, you could write
for k, v in d:
print k, v
instead of:
for k in d:
print k, d[k]
What I wanted to say is that the doco could mention this possibility to
get the keys as a set at the place where it explains the keys() method.
-- Christoph
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