[issue15619] set.pop() documentation is confusing

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I concur with Georg and Eli. The word "arbitrary" was chosen intentionally. -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___

[issue15619] set.pop() documentation is confusing

Changes by Georg Brandl : -- resolution: -> works for me status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing l

[issue15619] set.pop() documentation is confusing

Eli Bendersky added the comment: I agree with Georg. As far as I understand the word "arbitrary" - it describes the situation exactly. -- nosy: +eli.bendersky ___ Python tracker __

[issue15619] set.pop() documentation is confusing

Georg Brandl added the comment: Sorry, I don't see how "arbitrary" implies "random". So I'm -1 on making the docs more verbose for no apparent gain. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker _

[issue15619] set.pop() documentation is confusing

New submission from Anton Barkovsky: I've seen people being confused by the documentation for set.pop() method. It makes it look like the element is selected randomly while it's just unspecified. I'm attaching a patch that clarifies the doc, tested on 3.3, 3.2 and 2.7 -- assignee: docs