From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:07:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: excellent place to use a set() #5069
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~2189
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1763f8adb4d2d7b59fefedff0aa8ed652c4fe8d2;p=python

excellent place to use a set() #5069
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diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 9fa53d0062..6eb45fd0ea 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ def _resolve_link(path):
     until we either arrive at something that isn't a symlink, or
     encounter a path we've seen before (meaning that there's a loop).
     """
-    paths_seen = []
+    paths_seen = set()
     while islink(path):
         if path in paths_seen:
             # Already seen this path, so we must have a symlink loop
             return None
-        paths_seen.append(path)
+        paths_seen.add(path)
         # Resolve where the link points to
         resolved = os.readlink(path)
         if not isabs(resolved):