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 made > >>>to be broken. > >> > >> > >> Like only use immutables as dictionary keys. > >> > > Fair enough, but don;t go advising newbies to do this. > > How about something like this. > > 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.
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