[Python-Dev] List vs Tuple / Homogeneous vs Heterogeneous / Mutable vs Immutable

[Brett Cannon]

On Thu Apr 17 2014 at 2:43:35 PM, Leandro Pereira de Lima e Silva <
leandropls at cpti.cetuc.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> Hello there!
>
> I've stumbled upon this discussion on python-dev about what the choice
> between using a list or a tuple is all about in 2003:
> 1. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-March/033962.html
> 2. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-March/034029.html
>
> There's a vague comment about it on python documentation but afaik there
> the discussion hasn't made into any PEPs. Is there an understanding about
> it?
>

Think of tuples like a struct in C, lists like an array. That's just out of
Guido's head so I don't think we have ever bothered to write it down
somewhere as an important distinction of the initial design that should be
emphasized.
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