[Python-3000] Type annotations: annotating generators

[Aahz]

On Sun, May 21, 2006, Collin Winter wrote:
>
> This is something I've been meaning to bring up: if we're serious
> about the "tuples = fixed-length collections, lists = unknown-length
> collections" distinction, then the CPython core should switch over to
> this mindset as well. The fact that Python 2.x uses a tuple for
> *varargs has caused me to jump through a number of hoops in my own
> typecheck package.

This is a guideline, not a rule, and the speed and size of tuples make
them more appropriate for varargs.
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