On 6 Jun., 05:44, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Python lists and tuples are "generic" containers: both can contain any
> kind of object, and each item may be of a different type: (1, 2.0, 3+0j,
> "four", u"Fünf", file("six")) is a tuple containing 6 items, all of
> different types. Tuples are immutable, lists can be modified.
> There is a price for such flexibility: memory and time overhead. When you
> don't require flexibility, you don't have to pay the price; Python already
> provides simple array objects (a flat container where ALL items are of the
> same type) and Numeric&Co support more array types and different floating
> point numbers.
> Those arrays are not the same thing as lists/tuples - altough they share a
> very similar interfase.
>
> --
> Gabriel Genellina
Hmmmm, interesting to know that multi-type...errr... "thingys" can be
packed into one tuple or list. I think my problem of not recognizing
what array is what type will be solved in time *hopefully*.
"Joe Riopel" wrote:
>This seems like a pretty good resource, although I didn't read it all yet:
>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/l-dw-linux-pythonscript-i.html
Thanks for the link. Every resource is useful, in one way or another.
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