[$] An ordered set for Python? [$] An ordered set for Python?

Python has lots of different options for mutable data structures, both directly in the language and in the standard library. Lists, dictionaries (or "dicts"), and sets are the foundation, but two of those maintain an order based on how the elements are added, while sets do not. A recent discussion on the Python Discourse forum raised the idea of adding an ordered variant of sets; while it does not look like there is a big push to add the feature, the discussion did show some of what is generally needed to get new things into the language—and could well lead to its inclusion.



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