Use frozenset as a pair in python

Question

I would like to make a pair of two elements. I don\'t care about the order of the elements, so I use frozenset.

I can think of the following two methods t

Answer 1

If you have a lot of those pair things, using frozenset() is NOT a good idea. Use tuples instead.

>>> import sys
>>> fs1 = frozenset([42, 666])
>>> fs2 = frozenset([666, 42])
>>> fs1 == fs2
True
>>> t1 = tuple(sorted([42, 666]))
>>> t2 = tuple(sorted([666, 42]))
>>> t1 == t2
True
>>> sys.getsizeof(fs1)
116
>>> sys.getsizeof(t1)
36
>>>

Update Bonus: sorted tuples have a predictable iteration sequence:

>>> for thing in fs1, fs2, t1, t2: print [x for x in thing]
...
[42, 666]
[666, 42]
[42, 666]
[42, 666]
>>>

Update 2 ... and their repr() is the same:

>>> repr(fs1)
'frozenset([42, 666])'
>>> repr(fs2)
'frozenset([666, 42])' # possible source of confusion
>>> repr(t1)
'(42, 666)'
>>> repr(t2)
'(42, 666)'
>>>