On 11/11/2010 06:44 AM, Janko Mivšek wrote:
Hi guys,
What is rationale that
(Array with: Set new with: Set new ) asSet
returns only one set instead of two (as VW returns)? Those two new sets are not identical, therefore asSet should return them both?
They're not identical, but they are equal. It seems reasonable to consider two empty Sets equal to each other. Once you add a Set to another Set you can't add or remove anything from the inner Set anyway (because that would change the inner Set's hash, violating the invariant) so the two empty Sets might as well be the same Set, since they're effectively immutable once added to another Set. Unless you're *sure* that nothing will ever get added or removed from the inner Sets, you should use an IdentitySet for the outer set. Regards, -Martin