list vs tuple

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:01:16 GMT, "deadmeat" <root@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

> Ooh, poor diddums got proven wrong. I blew the lid on your little baby.
> <cries>

You're proving yourself less knowledgable with every post.

> What python DOES is irrelevant

Of course. Completely irrelevant.

> The same
> statement (a = b) behaves entirely differently in each case.

The same statement behaves *exactly the same*. It's the next statements
(b[5] = 9, b = 9) that behave entirely differently. There are valid
arguments for not making = do such wildly different things (the Scheme
world occasionally get into these flamewars, only they spell = as set!)

b = 9 binds the variable
b[5] = 9 is equivalent to b.__setitem__(5, 9)

Fredrik's explanation makes sure to explain that *this* is the gotcha.
 
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