Bitwise XOR between these sets returns "set()": Why?

Question

a = {0, 1}
b = {1, 0}
print(a ^ b) # prints "set()"

Answer 1

Md. Niamul Ahad Chowdhury ^ operator only includes the unique items from the sets, the items from set a, which don't exists in set b and the items from set b, which don't exist in set a.

All items in set a exist in set b and viceverca, so the combined set became empty.

Answer 2

If it printed { }, you could not conclude from the output, whether the printed object was an empty dict or empty set, maybe that's why empty sets are represented as set().

Answer 3

Seb TheS Yes, this is the answer I was hoping for. Thanks.

Answer 4

Seb TheS Okay, thank you. But why was it empty in the first place?