Why are duplicates not allowed in sets?

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1. #unchanged
2. #errors
3. #internally
4. #runtime
5. #duplicate
6. #silently
7. #duplicates
8. #remains
9. #meaning
10. #allowed
11. #values
12. #ignored
13. #compile
14. #allow