dictionary with complex keys

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to create a dictionary with the keys being lists.
> How can I do that ? The docs say that only simple types are
> possible as keys. Is there a way to achieve what I want ? May
> be some special operator I need to define...

Your problem is that keys have to be immutable to be used
in dictionaries. You can use tuple(somelist) as the key
though in most cases because it is immutable.

do-changing-keys-make-sense-?-ly y'rs Peter
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