On 12/15/06, Christoph Zwerschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe there would be less dispute if this dogma/convention(?) "Tuples > are for heterogeneous data, list are for homogeneous data" would be > written down somewhere in the tutorial, reference or in PEP8, so people > would be aware of it.
It's not a dogma. It's just that it explains the intention behind the designs of the tuple and list APIs. If you use them for thier intended purposes, naturally you'll find the APIs more helpful. But you won't find the data-structure police breaking down your doors in the small hours if you choose to go your own way[1]. I can use a spreadsheet to write a letter if I want to - but it would be foolish to complain that the word wrapping was a bit dodgy. -- Cheers, Simon B [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] The PSU, on the other hand, [EMAIL PROTECTED]( -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
