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		jmmcd on March 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adding Empty Set Literals to Python Oh I see, thanks. "s=<>" is less ugly than "s={@}" but, obviously, is inconsistent with "s={1, 2, 3}".

ekimekim on March 16, 2013 [–]

Then fix that: s = <1,2,3>

I think that's better than using the same brace-type for sets and dicts anyway, and it can't be as confusing as () == tuple(), (x) == x, (x,) == tuple([x]).

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