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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2002-08-24 07:33:06 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2002-08-24 07:33:06 (GMT)
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Removed < <= > >= from the API. Implemented as comparisons of the
underlying dictionaries, there were no reasonable use cases (lexicographic sorting of a list of sets is somewhat esoteric). Frees the operators for other uses (such as strict subset and superset comparisons). Updated documentation and test suite accordingly.
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@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ the following operations:
\end{tableii}
In addition to the above operations, both \class{Set} and \class{ImmutableSet}
-support set to set comparison operators based on the contents of their
-internal dictionaries. Two sets are equal if and only if every element of
-each set is contained in the other.
+support set to set equality comparisons. Two sets are equal if and only if
+every element of each set is contained in the other.
The following table lists operations available in \class{ImmutableSet}
but not found in \class{Set}: