Ju Hui wrote:

> cool!
> thanks you all!
> I choose
> a=set(range(100000))
> b=set(range(50000))
> a.symmetric_difference(b)
> certainly,the real data not range(), I am satisfied the performance of
> set.difference
> 
> thank you all again!

Be warned that this may /add/ items to a:

>>> set("abc").symmetric_difference("bcd")
set(['a', 'd'])

If your subject is correct you want difference(), not
symmetric_difference().

Peter
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