On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks. This is what I'm looking for. I think that this should be >> added to the python document as a manifestation (but nonnormalized) of >> what "A set object is an unordered collection of distinct hashable >> objects" means. > > There are other things that can prove it to be unordered, too; the > exact pattern and order of additions and deletions can affect the > iteration order. The only thing you can be sure of is that you can't > be sure of it.
I agree. My point was just to suggest adding more explanations on the details in the manual. -- Regards, Peng -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list