Hello again. As I'm digging deeper into LISP and Scheme these days, I was wondering, is there a good compelling reason why in Python we don't have a native singly-linked and doubly-linked list types?
That is, reasons other than - "you can get by without it" (sometimes I *want* lists), or - "you can use tuples to emulate lists" (only in limited contexts, and it's not pretty), or - "you can code your own in Python" (not as efficient as native types) Maybe I'm slapping an old horse here, but searching the archives I could not find some relevant controversy, that would--I hoped--include a final word from the BDFL. If I had "real" lists I would use them more often, where I now use Python lists (vectors, really). (Although In LISP I have the reverse problem, I tend to use lists sometimes where I should use arrays--I think I need to grow up). Anyway, why not provide good lists or cons-cell classes in C? _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
