Szabolcs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > I was wondering about why are there both tuples and lists? Is > there anything I can do with a tuple that I cannot do with a > list? > > In what circumstances is it advantageous to use tuples instead > of lists? Is there a difference in performance? > > I am still learning Python, so please be gentle ... > This topic comes up from time to time in this newsgroup. If you want a lot of viewpoints about it, Google is your friend. A short answer, though: tuples can be used as dictionary keys and lists cannot. I would guess (but would have to test to confirm) that tuples occupy less space for the same data. I don't know whether any differences in, say, iteration speed would be terribly significant, but I would expect tuples to be marginally faster. -- rzed -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
