On 18 Jan 2005 07:51:00 GMT, Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 3 mutating an item in a sorted list *does* *always* cause problems
No, it doesn't. It might cause the list no longer to be sorted, but
that might or might no be a problem.
> More specific the Decimal class is mutable and usable as dict key.
Decimal objects are immutable, so far as I know.
>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> spam = Decimal('1.2')
>>> eggs = spam
>>> eggs is spam
True
>>> eggs += 1
>>> eggs is spam
False
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