tuples vs lists

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2005-01-08, Bruno Desthuilliers schreef <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr>:
> worzel a écrit :
>> I get what the difference is between a tuple and a list, but why would I 
>> ever care about the tuple's immuutability?
>
> Because, from a purely pratical POV, only an immutable object can be 
> used as kay in a dict.

This is not true.

> So you can use tuples for 'composed key'.

lists can be so used too. Just provide a hash.

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Antoon Pardon