On Thu Apr 17 2014 at 2:43:35 PM, Leandro Pereira de Lima e Silva < leandro...@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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