“add to set” returns a boolean in java - what about python?

Question

In Java I like to use the Boolean value returned by an \"add to the set\" operation to test whether the element was already present in the set:

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Answer 1

As mentioned in the previous answers, the add method for Python sets does not return anything. By the way, this exact question was discussed on the Python mailing list: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2009-February/002877.html.