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Merge pull request #3085 from apense/patch-10
Update sets documentation. Fixes #3058
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The set type models the mathematical notion of a set. The set's
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basetype can only be an ordinal type. The reason is that sets are implemented
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as high performance bit vectors.
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basetype can only be an ordinal type of a certain size, namely:
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* ``int8``-``int16``
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* ``uint8``/``byte``-``uint16``
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* ``char``
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* ``enum``
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or equivalent. The reason is that sets are implemented as high
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performance bit vectors. Attempting to declare a set with a larger type will
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result in an error:
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.. code-block:: nim
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var s: set[int64] # Error: set is too large
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Sets can be constructed via the set constructor: ``{}`` is the empty set. The
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empty set is type compatible with any concrete set type. The constructor
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