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diff --git a/Lib/sets.py b/Lib/sets.py
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--- a/Lib/sets.py
+++ b/Lib/sets.py
@@ -361,7 +361,10 @@ class Set(BaseSet):
# We inherit object.__hash__, so we must deny this explicitly
raise TypeError, "Can't hash a Set, only an ImmutableSet."
- # In-place union, intersection, differences
+ # In-place union, intersection, differences.
+ # Subtle: The xyz_update() functions deliberately return None,
+ # as do all mutating operations on built-in container types.
+ # The __xyz__ spellings have to return self, though.
def __ior__(self, other):
"""Update a set with the union of itself and another."""