Hello, all. Is it possible to get an object out of a set() given another object that has the same hash code and equality (__hash__() and __eq__() return the same)?
You can't do this with Java Sets either and I've needed it on multiple occasions. Doesn't it seem like it would be useful? Consider: class Person: def __init__(self, id, name): self.id = id self.name = name def __hash__(self): return self.id def __eq__(self, other): return self.id == other.id people = set( [Person(1, 'Joe'), Person(2, 'Sue')] ) ... p = people.get_equivalent(2) #method doesn't exist as far as I know print p.name #prints Sue I'm not sure if the above code compiles but I hope you get the idea. Is it possible? Much Thanks. - Cruxic -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list