Op 2005-01-17, John Lenton schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > --vni90+aGYgRvsTuO > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:41:20AM +0000, Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Op 2005-01-17, Steve Holden schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Antoon Pardon wrote: >> > [...] >> >>>"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". Rules are ma= > de=20 >> >>>to be broken. >> >>=20 >> >>=20 >> >> Like only use immutables as dictionary keys. >> >>=20 >> > Fair enough, but don;t go advising newbies to do this. >>=20 >> How about something like this. >>=20 >> Because of the extra precautions one has to take when >> using mutables as hash keys, we advise newbies >> to stick with immutable keys until they have gathered >> enough knowledge and experience to adequatly weight >> the pro and cons of a mutable key solution against >> an immutable key solution. > > knowledgeable and experienced users know when to ignore the rules.
Then why seems there to be so few acknowledgement that these rules may indeed be broken by users. My experience is that anyone who suggests so runs the risk of being branded a (python) heretic. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
