Tuple comprehension

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

In article <mailman.1018541080.13442.python-list at python.org>, Sean
'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>> 
>> Ah...I think I understand your perspective a little better now. I never
>> think of a tuple as a list that's immutable, so I don't encounter very
>> often the same population problem. To me, lists become immutable when I
>> give them names in all caps, just like my variables become constants when
>> I name them that way.
>> 
>
>I do similar things, but using the language to help prevent mistakes is handy
>when I give people modules to use in their own code.
>

I think the only _real_ reason to have tuples at all is that they are
immutable (and therefore usable as dictionary keys). And a slight
efficiency advantage over lists, maybe...

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