DXOracle / PyADO - convert lists of tuples to list of lists

[Terry Hancock]

On Friday 13 December 2002 08:11 pm, Gerhard wrote:
> Lists are mutable, tuples aren't. Tuples are also hashable (because
> they're immutable). Unless your app depends on one of these properties,
> it shouldn't 'stumble'.

Take care with that statement...

>>> hash( ([1,'2'], {'shinobu':1}, 'ataru') )
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: list objects are unhashable
>>> 

i.e. it depends on what's in the tuple.  Hashable means immutable throughout.

Cheers,
Terry

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