Lists and Tuples

[Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)]

Douglas Alan wrote:
> mwilson at the-wire.com (Mel Wilson) writes:
> 
>>   To me, it's a distinction without a difference.  Tuples
>>*act* like immutable sequences, and I use them that way.  I
>>don't know, though, that I won't get caught some day.
> 
> You'll be fine.  The only thing you have to watch out for is that some
> rude folks here might call you names.

That would add some spice to Python's error messages...

Python 3.7 (#1, Sep 31 2007, 14:19:37)
[GCC 5.6.7] on slartibartfast
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> t = (1, 3, 77, 654, 8)
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
HumiliationError: The programmer is a pink-faced baboon (tuple used where
list would be more appropriate)

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