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11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -4731,11 +4731,12 @@ other sequence-like behavior.

There are currently two built-in set types, :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset`.
The :class:`set` type is mutable --- the contents can be changed using methods
like :meth:`~set.add` and :meth:`~set.remove`. Since it is mutable, it has no
hash value and cannot be used as either a dictionary key or as an element of
another set. The :class:`frozenset` type is immutable and :term:`hashable` ---
its contents cannot be altered after it is created; it can therefore be used as
a dictionary key or as an element of another set.
like :meth:`add <frozenset.add>` and :meth:`remove <frozenset.add>`.
Since it is mutable, it has no hash value and cannot be used as
either a dictionary key or as an element of another set.
The :class:`frozenset` type is immutable and :term:`hashable` ---
its contents cannot be altered after it is created;
it can therefore be used as a dictionary key or as an element of another set.

Non-empty sets (not frozensets) can be created by placing a comma-separated list
of elements within braces, for example: ``{'jack', 'sjoerd'}``, in addition to the
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Doc/library/select.rst
Doc/library/socket.rst
Doc/library/ssl.rst
Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
Doc/library/termios.rst
Doc/library/test.rst
Doc/library/tkinter.rst
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