"Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5/22/06, Collin Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing I've run into several times in this process is the use of > > *args as a dict key. As several others have mentioned, the "tuple == > > fixed-length, list == arbitrary-length" distinction means we now need > > a way to create hashable lists. I propose a new, hashable frozenlist > > built-in type to fill this niche. > > > > This type would subclass from list, overriding __getitem__, > > __delitem__, __hash__ and other methods as appropriate. > > > > Thoughts? Does this need to go through a full PEP process? > > No, no, no!
Or to clarify Guido: use a tuple. Tuples are also arbitrary-length, and serve the same purposes that any 'frozen list' equivalent would. - Josiah _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
