Python Metalanguage confusticates and bebothers me...

Jonadab the Unsightly One jonadab at bright.net
Tue Sep 19 07:43:20 EDT 2000


Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:

> > "Tuples" don't necessarily have three elements.
> This one I don't follow.  _Tuple_ is a mathematical term for an element
> of a Cartesian product of sets -- in fact, they're called "ordered
> tuples."  

I've always seen "n-tuple" in the general case, though.
Nevermind; I'll get used to it.


- jonadab



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