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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-12-02 14:58:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-12-02 14:58:50 (GMT) |
| commit | 584265b0010c660af21d3b22ac18fff0da678dd0 (patch) | |
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Add more entries to the glossary.
Written by Jeff Wheeler for GHOP.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sets.rst b/Doc/library/sets.rst index f9f8b59..88e442a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sets.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sets.rst @@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ Sets can only contain immutable elements. For convenience, mutable :class:`Set` objects are automatically copied to an :class:`ImmutableSet` before being added as a set element. -The mechanism is to always add a hashable element, or if it is not hashable, the -element is checked to see if it has an :meth:`__as_immutable__` method which -returns an immutable equivalent. +The mechanism is to always add a :term:`hashable` element, or if it is not +hashable, the element is checked to see if it has an :meth:`__as_immutable__` +method which returns an immutable equivalent. Since :class:`Set` objects have a :meth:`__as_immutable__` method returning an instance of :class:`ImmutableSet`, it is possible to construct sets of sets. |