[Tutor] high score lists

[R. Alan Monroe]

> Anyone have some good beginning ideas/references to creating a high
> score list and storing scores in a simple python game? (if there's
> something in the pygames module, or a simpler python way).  I'm
> mod'ing a space invaders-type game and would like to add a high score
> list :)

Quick and dirty approach: make a list of tuples
[ (40000, 'John Doe'),
  (30000, 'Steve Austin') ]

You can append new ones to the end of the list, sort it, reverse it,
etc.

Alan