Re: Lists and Tuples

From: Fredrik Lundh (fredrik_at_pythonware.com)
Date: 12/05/03 

Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 10:25:52 +0100
To: python-list@python.org

Douglas Alan wrote:

> I disagree. You should use a tuple when you wish to not change the
> contents once you have constructed the sequence, and otherwise you
> should use a list.

> Fredrik Lundh actually called me names a couple years back for
> asserting this, but Python luminary (and rude fellow) or not, he is
> dead wrong.

I'm never dead wrong.

    Guido van Rossum, "State of the Python Union", March 2003:
    http://www.python.org/doc/essays/ppt/pycon2003/pycon2003.ppt

    ...

    + It's a matter of user education

    + Example: lists vs. tuples

        this is often misrepresented as "tuple are readonly lists",
        which is *wrong*

        use cases are quite different

        *but*... tuples also usable as readonly lists

    ...

I expect an apology.

</F>

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