Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-21 Thread Alex Martelli
James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > I wonder if its the philosophical difference between: > > > > "Anything not expressly allowed is forbidden" > > > > and > > > > "Anything not expressly forbidden is allowed" ? > > > > - Hendrik > > The latter is how I interpret any religious

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-21 Thread James Stroud
Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > "Paul Hankin" wrote: > >> If everything else is equal, use tuples. > > Interesting point of view - mine is just the opposite. > > I wonder if its the philosophical difference between: > > "Anything not expressly allowed is forbidden" > > and > > "Anything not expr

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"Paul Hankin" wrote: > If everything else is equal, use tuples. Interesting point of view - mine is just the opposite. I wonder if its the philosophical difference between: "Anything not expressly allowed is forbidden" and "Anything not expressly forbidden is allowed" ? - Hendrik -- http

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread Steve Lamb
On 2007-10-21, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A note on terminology: the things inside curly brackets {} are called > dictionaries, or dicts, not directories. And the things you use to store > data in dictionaries are called keys, not indexes: Thanks for catching that. Kids, d

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:43:31 +, Steve Lamb wrote: > The quick answer is that tuples can be indexes into directories > while lists cannot. A note on terminology: the things inside curly brackets {} are called dictionaries, or dicts, not directories. And the things you use to store data in d

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Hankin
On Oct 20, 11:15 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets? > I tried a few examples but I can't make out any real difference: The main difference in the language between tuples and lists is that tupl

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread Steve Lamb
On 2007-10-20, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The long of it is that there are deep computer-science > issues that distinguish the two and the differences become more > important the more you know (presumably). However, I have been > programming this language for 5 years, and I still c

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread James Stroud
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > > what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets? > I tried a few examples but I can't make out any real difference: > Are these two kinds of brackets mean the same thing in the "list" > context? Thanks. The square

Re: what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Saturday 20 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > > what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets? > I tried a few examples but I can't make out any real difference: Lists are mutable, tuples aren't: Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 00:34:54) [GCC 4.1.

what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets?

2007-10-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi what is the difference between the two kinds of brackets? I tried a few examples but I can't make out any real difference: lst = [10, 20, 30] print lst[0] print lst[2] print lst lst = (10, 20, 30) print lst[0] print lst[2] print lst lst = [10, 20, 40, "string", 302.234] print