Python - can't import Set from sets (“no module named sets”)

Question

I\'m trying to learn python and I was trying to write something simple. I am developing under Pydev (Eclipse) using OS X 10.8. I installed python 3.2 using the 64bits .dmg i

Answer 1

In every recent python version sets are builtin as set and Python 3 got rid of the deprecated sets module altogether.

If you wanted to ensure that the code also works with ancient versions you could do something like this though:

try:
    set
except NameError:
    from sets import Set as set

If you need to run old code and don't want to change it (bad!):

try:
    from sets import Set
except ImportError:
    Set = set