Good style for multi-valued returns

[Michael Hudson]

claird at starbase.neosoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes:

> Let me guess:  folks generally pass tuples for small and
> determinate-in-number multi-values, and dictionaries other-
> wise, 'cept some do it all with tuples.  Accurate?

I've always used tuples; I wouldn't have thought of something that
returns a dictionary as return multiple values.

Any reason for asking?

Cheers,
M.

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