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@@ -3,13 +3,30 @@ Title: uniq method for list objects
 Version: $Revision$
 Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: jp@demonseed.net (Jason Petrone)
-Status: Draft
+Status: Rejected
 Type: Standards Track
 Created: 21-Aug-2001
 Python-Version: 2.2
 Post-History:
 
 
+Notice
+
+    This PEP is withdrawn by the author.  He writes:
+
+        Removing duplicate elements from a list is a common task, but
+        there are only two reasons I can see for making it a built-in.
+        The first is if it could be done much faster, which isn't the
+        case.  The second is if it makes it significantly easier to
+        write code.  The introduction of sets.py eliminates this
+        situation since creating a sequence without duplicates is just
+        a matter of choosing a different data structure: a set instead
+        of a list.
+
+    As described in PEP 218, sets are being added to the standard
+    library for Python 2.3.
+
+
 Abstract
 
     This PEP proposes adding a method for removing duplicate elements to