list vs tuple

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <hGlw6.782$p5.3210 at news1.rivrw1.nsw.optushome.com.au>,
deadmeat <root@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>
>Whats the practical difference between a list[] and a tuple() ?
>
>A tuple seems to be a very basic list, so unless it's faster, what's the
>point of it?

As someone said, tuples are immutable.  This leads to useful
functionality, such as being able to easily use tuples as keys in
dictionaries (ditto strings).

While it's theoretically possible to use mutable variables as dict keys,
it creates icky problems.
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