On Apr 20, 3:28 pm, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luis M. González wrote: > > I don't remember exactly where I read about it, but Guido said > > once that tuples are being kept mainly for historical reasons. > > Weren't tuples added when lists already existed? > > Regards, > > Björn > > -- > BOFH excuse #101: > > Collapsed Backbone
I tried googling for these comments, but I couldn't find them. Perhaps I never read them and it was just my imagination... Anyway, I suggest reading this chapter of "Dive into Python" for a good explanation of the differences between tuples and lists: http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/tuples.html The article explains that, amongst other things, tuples are faster than lists, so if you are working with constant values (inmutables) they are more indicated than lists. luis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
