"Gordon Airporte" <J,,,,[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This is one of those nice, permissive Python features but I was > wondering how often people actually use lists holding several different > types of objects.
I do it all the time - I only use tuples when I _have_ to. > It looks like whenever I need to group different objects I create a > class, if only so I can use more meaningful names than '[2]' for the items. You don't have to be so array-minded. You can write things like: address = 2 individual_list[address] this is easier to read and understand than: individual_list[2] and does the same thing. I have found that the most useful data structure is a dict, or a dict of dicts. - almost an instant database. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
