Aaron Brady wrote:
Containers are funny in Python in that 'a in a' can be true. It can't in real containers.
Guido uses 'container' in the Ref Manual because such 'contain' references (of an undefined nature). Thinking more abstractly, I use 'collection', rather that 'container' and think of the object as a 'roster' -- like for the members of a club. A bibliography of bibliographies could list itself but would only metaphorically 'contain' itself. An association of associations could conceivably be a member of itself.
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