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.. _setobjects:
Set Objects
-----------
.. sectionauthor:: Raymond D. Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
.. index::
object: set
object: frozenset
This section details the public API for :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset`
objects. Any functionality not listed below is best accessed using the either
the abstract object protocol (including :c:func:`PyObject_CallMethod`,
:c:func:`PyObject_RichCompareBool`, :c:func:`PyObject_Hash`,
:c:func:`PyObject_Repr`, :c:func:`PyObject_IsTrue`, :c:func:`PyObject_Print`, and
:c:func:`PyObject_GetIter`) or the abstract number protocol (including
:c:func:`PyNumber_And`, :c:func:`PyNumber_Subtract`, :c:func:`PyNumber_Or`,
:c:func:`PyNumber_Xor`, :c:func:`PyNumber_InPlaceAnd`,
:c:func:`PyNumber_InPlaceSubtract`, :c:func:`PyNumber_InPlaceOr`, and
:c:func:`PyNumber_InPlaceXor`).
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.. c:type:: PySetObject
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This subtype of :c:type:`PyObject` is used to hold the internal data for both
:class:`set` and :class:`frozenset` objects. It is like a :c:type:`PyDictObject`
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in that it is a fixed size for small sets (much like tuple storage) and will
point to a separate, variable sized block of memory for medium and large sized
sets (much like list storage). None of the fields of this structure should be
considered public and are subject to change. All access should be done through
the documented API rather than by manipulating the values in the structure.
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PySet_Type
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This is an instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` representing the Python
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:class:`set` type.
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyFrozenSet_Type
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This is an instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` representing the Python
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:class:`frozenset` type.
The following type check macros work on pointers to any Python object. Likewise,
the constructor functions work with any iterable Python object.
.. c:function:: int PySet_Check(PyObject *p)
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Return true if *p* is a :class:`set` object or an instance of a subtype.
.. c:function:: int PyFrozenSet_Check(PyObject *p)
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Return true if *p* is a :class:`frozenset` object or an instance of a
subtype.
.. c:function:: int PyAnySet_Check(PyObject *p)
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Return true if *p* is a :class:`set` object, a :class:`frozenset` object, or an
instance of a subtype.
.. c:function:: int PyAnySet_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
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Return true if *p* is a :class:`set` object or a :class:`frozenset` object but
not an instance of a subtype.
.. c:function:: int PyFrozenSet_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
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Return true if *p* is a :class:`frozenset` object but not an instance of a
subtype.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PySet_New(PyObject *iterable)
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Return a new :class:`set` containing objects returned by the *iterable*. The
*iterable* may be ``NULL`` to create a new empty set. Return the new set on
success or ``NULL`` on failure. Raise :exc:`TypeError` if *iterable* is not
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actually iterable. The constructor is also useful for copying a set
(``c=set(s)``).
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyFrozenSet_New(PyObject *iterable)
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Return a new :class:`frozenset` containing objects returned by the *iterable*.
The *iterable* may be ``NULL`` to create a new empty frozenset. Return the new
set on success or ``NULL`` on failure. Raise :exc:`TypeError` if *iterable* is
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not actually iterable.
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The following functions and macros are available for instances of :class:`set`
or :class:`frozenset` or instances of their subtypes.
.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PySet_Size(PyObject *anyset)
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.. index:: builtin: len
Return the length of a :class:`set` or :class:`frozenset` object. Equivalent to
``len(anyset)``. Raises a :exc:`PyExc_SystemError` if *anyset* is not a
:class:`set`, :class:`frozenset`, or an instance of a subtype.
.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PySet_GET_SIZE(PyObject *anyset)
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Macro form of :c:func:`PySet_Size` without error checking.
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.. c:function:: int PySet_Contains(PyObject *anyset, PyObject *key)
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Return ``1`` if found, ``0`` if not found, and ``-1`` if an error is encountered. Unlike
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the Python :meth:`__contains__` method, this function does not automatically
convert unhashable sets into temporary frozensets. Raise a :exc:`TypeError` if
the *key* is unhashable. Raise :exc:`PyExc_SystemError` if *anyset* is not a
:class:`set`, :class:`frozenset`, or an instance of a subtype.
.. c:function:: int PySet_Add(PyObject *set, PyObject *key)
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Add *key* to a :class:`set` instance. Also works with :class:`frozenset`
instances (like :c:func:`PyTuple_SetItem` it can be used to fill-in the values
of brand new frozensets before they are exposed to other code). Return ``0`` on
success or ``-1`` on failure. Raise a :exc:`TypeError` if the *key* is
unhashable. Raise a :exc:`MemoryError` if there is no room to grow. Raise a
:exc:`SystemError` if *set* is not an instance of :class:`set` or its
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subtype.
Merged revisions 60383-60407 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r60388 | thomas.heller | 2008-01-28 09:44:13 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 1 line Revert rev. 59925, it breaks comtypes (I need to further examine this). ........ r60397 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-01-28 21:34:33 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 5 lines Make PySet_Add() work with frozensets. Works like PyTuple_SetItem() to build-up values in a brand new frozenset. Also, PyFrozenSet_New() is now guaranteed to produce a distinct new frozenset. ........ r60398 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-01-28 22:34:30 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 1 line Let marshal built-up sets and frozensets one element at a time (without creating an intermediate tuple). ........ r60399 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-01-28 22:47:42 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 1 line Factor-out common code with a new macro ........ r60400 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-01-28 22:48:07 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 1 line Factor-out common code with a new macro ........ r60401 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-01-28 22:51:25 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 1 line Removed unnecessary conditional (spotted by Neal Norwitz). ........ r60403 | gregory.p.smith | 2008-01-29 00:21:00 +0100 (Tue, 29 Jan 2008) | 4 lines Disable use of BerkeleyDB 4.6.x to see what the odd platform buildbots think. In particular, neal norwitz has traced an Ubuntu sparc64 crash to the Lib/test/bsddb/test_basics.py test when opening a db with DB_THREAD. ........ r60405 | brett.cannon | 2008-01-29 05:13:07 +0100 (Tue, 29 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Fix the reindent rule to use $(BUILDPYTHON). ........ r60406 | brett.cannon | 2008-01-29 05:18:04 +0100 (Tue, 29 Jan 2008) | 3 lines Update Vim syntax highlighting to specify what revision was used to generate the file. ........ r60407 | brett.cannon | 2008-01-29 05:20:56 +0100 (Tue, 29 Jan 2008) | 2 lines Ignore .pyc and .pyo files. ........
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The following functions are available for instances of :class:`set` or its
subtypes but not for instances of :class:`frozenset` or its subtypes.
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.. c:function:: int PySet_Discard(PyObject *set, PyObject *key)
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Return ``1`` if found and removed, ``0`` if not found (no action taken), and ``-1`` if an
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error is encountered. Does not raise :exc:`KeyError` for missing keys. Raise a
:exc:`TypeError` if the *key* is unhashable. Unlike the Python :meth:`~set.discard`
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method, this function does not automatically convert unhashable sets into
temporary frozensets. Raise :exc:`PyExc_SystemError` if *set* is not an
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instance of :class:`set` or its subtype.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PySet_Pop(PyObject *set)
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Return a new reference to an arbitrary object in the *set*, and removes the
object from the *set*. Return ``NULL`` on failure. Raise :exc:`KeyError` if the
set is empty. Raise a :exc:`SystemError` if *set* is not an instance of
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:class:`set` or its subtype.
.. c:function:: int PySet_Clear(PyObject *set)
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Empty an existing set of all elements.