Re: Yet another unique() function...

On Feb 28, 2:18 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Unicode fix (untested):

def unique(seq, keepstr=True):
t = type(seq)
if t in (unicode, str):
t = (list, t('').join)[bool(keepstr)]
seen = []
return t(c for c in seq if not (c in seen or seen.append(c)))

This definitely works. I tried to post a message about this a few
hours ago, but I guess it didn't go through. I've already updated the
recipe and comments.

I think these iterator approaches get more readable as one becomes
used to them.

I agree. I understood your code in a matter of seconds.

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