Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I concur. The source code for set_update() in Objects/setobject.c shows that both versions are accessed through the iterator protocol, so what you're seeing are the basic performance differences (start-up and per-item costs) for genexps vs list iterators.
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