On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 12:46 +0530, Vinod Parthasarathy wrote: > > Note that the numbers list has not changed even after calling > 'reverse' > > method. > > > > The general consensus is that mutability is bad for programming. > YMMV. > > > > There is both a bad and a good side to mutability. Mutability can give > rise > to faster running programs than their immutable counterparts in > certain > situations. Space complexity is also reduced in mutable programs. The > downside is that programming becomes error-prone and additional care > is > needed on the programmer's part.
well, in python lists and dictionaries are mutable, strings and tuples are not. I like it. One can do a hell of a lot of good fast stuff with it. In fact, I cannot really imagine using a immutable list. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
