Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:14:58 +0100, Martin P. Hellwig wrote: > >> As Dennis already pointed out I like to use dictionaries in these cases, >> so I would use sand = dict() instead of sands = list() and would do >> sand[i] = pygame.image.load(name) >> >> Then you can retrieve the content by doing sand[your_number]. > > If the keys are just the integers 0...n inclusive, then why bother with > the extra overhead of a dict when you get all the functionality you need > from a list? > > > Just a matter of preference in my case no other good reason. Although I do have a tendency to misuse dict all over the place, but on the other hand it keeps my stuff readable for others :-)
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