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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst14
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_set.py7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--Objects/setobject.c53
4 files changed, 57 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index c96ef10..1d8e053 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1567,11 +1567,14 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
Test whether the set is a true superset of *other*, that is, ``set >=
other and set != other``.
- .. method:: union(other)
- set | other
+ .. method:: union(other, ...)
+ set | other | ...
Return a new set with elements from both sets.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+ Accepts multiple input iterables.
+
.. method:: intersection(other)
set & other
@@ -1628,11 +1631,14 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
The following table lists operations available for :class:`set` that do not
apply to immutable instances of :class:`frozenset`:
- .. method:: update(other)
- set |= other
+ .. method:: update(other, ...)
+ set |= other | ...
Update the set, adding elements from *other*.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+ Accepts multiple input iterables.
+
.. method:: intersection_update(other)
set &= other
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_set.py b/Lib/test/test_set.py
index 6b3df3d..37a085c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_set.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_set.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class TestJointOps(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('efgfe')), set('abcefg'))
self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('ccb')), set('abc'))
self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('ef')), set('abcef'))
+ self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('ef'), C('fg')), set('abcefg'))
def test_or(self):
i = self.s.union(self.otherword)
@@ -401,6 +402,12 @@ class TestSet(TestJointOps):
s = self.thetype('abcba')
self.assertEqual(s.update(C(p)), None)
self.assertEqual(s, set(q))
+ for p in ('cdc', 'efgfe', 'ccb', 'ef', 'abcda'):
+ q = 'ahi'
+ for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, unicode, list, tuple:
+ s = self.thetype('abcba')
+ self.assertEqual(s.update(C(p), C(q)), None)
+ self.assertEqual(s, set(s) | set(p) | set(q))
def test_ior(self):
self.s |= set(self.otherword)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4337e5d..05f7419 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 beta 1?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- The set methods, update() and union() now accept multiple arguments.
+
- Issue #2898: Added sys.getsizeof() to retrieve size of objects in bytes.
- New environment variable PYTHONIOENCODING.
diff --git a/Objects/setobject.c b/Objects/setobject.c
index 371d8c1..908a9a3 100644
--- a/Objects/setobject.c
+++ b/Objects/setobject.c
@@ -967,15 +967,20 @@ set_update_internal(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
}
static PyObject *
-set_update(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
+set_update(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
{
- if (set_update_internal(so, other) == -1)
- return NULL;
+ Py_ssize_t i;
+
+ for (i=0 ; i<PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) ; i++) {
+ PyObject *other = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, i);
+ if (set_update_internal(so, other) == -1)
+ return NULL;
+ }
Py_RETURN_NONE;
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(update_doc,
-"Update a set with the union of itself and another.");
+"Update a set with the union of itself and others.");
static PyObject *
make_new_set(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *iterable)
@@ -1156,35 +1161,53 @@ set_clear(PySetObject *so)
PyDoc_STRVAR(clear_doc, "Remove all elements from this set.");
static PyObject *
-set_union(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
+set_union(PySetObject *so, PyObject *args)
{
PySetObject *result;
+ PyObject *other;
+ Py_ssize_t i;
result = (PySetObject *)set_copy(so);
if (result == NULL)
return NULL;
- if ((PyObject *)so == other)
- return (PyObject *)result;
- if (set_update_internal(result, other) == -1) {
- Py_DECREF(result);
- return NULL;
+
+ for (i=0 ; i<PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) ; i++) {
+ other = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, i);
+ if ((PyObject *)so == other)
+ return (PyObject *)result;
+ if (set_update_internal(result, other) == -1) {
+ Py_DECREF(result);
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
return (PyObject *)result;
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(union_doc,
- "Return the union of two sets as a new set.\n\
+ "Return the union of sets as a new set.\n\
\n\
(i.e. all elements that are in either set.)");
static PyObject *
set_or(PySetObject *so, PyObject *other)
{
+ PySetObject *result;
+
if (!PyAnySet_Check(so) || !PyAnySet_Check(other)) {
Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
return Py_NotImplemented;
}
- return set_union(so, other);
+
+ result = (PySetObject *)set_copy(so);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ if ((PyObject *)so == other)
+ return (PyObject *)result;
+ if (set_update_internal(result, other) == -1) {
+ Py_DECREF(result);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return (PyObject *)result;
}
static PyObject *
@@ -1947,9 +1970,9 @@ static PyMethodDef set_methods[] = {
{"test_c_api", (PyCFunction)test_c_api, METH_NOARGS,
test_c_api_doc},
#endif
- {"union", (PyCFunction)set_union, METH_O,
+ {"union", (PyCFunction)set_union, METH_VARARGS,
union_doc},
- {"update", (PyCFunction)set_update, METH_O,
+ {"update", (PyCFunction)set_update, METH_VARARGS,
update_doc},
{NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
};
@@ -2062,7 +2085,7 @@ static PyMethodDef frozenset_methods[] = {
reduce_doc},
{"symmetric_difference",(PyCFunction)set_symmetric_difference, METH_O,
symmetric_difference_doc},
- {"union", (PyCFunction)set_union, METH_O,
+ {"union", (PyCFunction)set_union, METH_VARARGS,
union_doc},
{NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
};