Issue #16990 has been updated by knu (Akinori MUSHA).
As for the result type, I think Array operators should return arrays. Otherwise `array += set` would turn the variable `array` to a Set and that would be a surprise.
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Feature #16990: Sets: operators compatibility with Array
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16990#change-87394
* Author: marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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We currently have `set <operator> array` work fine:
```ruby
Set[1] + [2] # => Set[1, 2]
```
Nothing works in the reverse order:
```ruby
[1] + Set[2] # => no implicit conversion of Set into Array
# should be:
[1] + Set[2] # => [1, 2]
```
#### set-like operators
Note that the situation is particularly frustrating for `&`, `|` and `-`.
If someone wants to do `ary - set`, one **has** to do `ary - set.to_a` which will, internally, do a `to_set`, so what is happening is `set.to_a.to_set`!! (assuming `ary` is over `SMALL_ARRAY_LEN == 16` size, otherwise it's still doing in `O(ary * set)` instead of `O(ary)`).
The same holds with `&` and `|`; see order issue as to why this can *not* (officially) be done any other way.
Reminder:
```ruby
ary & ary.reverse # => ary
Set[*ary] & Set[*ary.reverse] # => Set[*ary.reverse], officially order is indeterminate
```
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