[Patches] [ python-Patches-1696444 ] Adding an index method to tuples

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Patches item #1696444, was opened at 2007-04-08 07:35
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Submitted By: Paul Boddie (pboddie)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Adding an index method to tuples

Initial Comment:
This is just a simple copy and paste from the list implementation - not exactly the most elegant solution, but perhaps a demonstration that technical limitations aren't the reason why the tuple doesn't have an index method. I suppose a common sequence function library would be best if such a feature were eventually deemed compelling.

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Comment By: Josiah Carlson (josiahcarlson)
Date: 2007-04-09 09:24

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Adding an .index method to tuples suggests that a tuple is more or less an
immutable list.  This is not the case.  Typically tuples are used to hold
disparate pieces of information of different semantics and types, where as
a list typically contains a list of a single type with identical meaning. 
For examples we merely need to look at the outputs of str.partition and
str.split .

Suggested close.

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