On Nov 11, 8:35 am, Thomas Mlynarczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Using dict] > > > No, not at all. The point is that you were not *using* any of the > > mapping functionality of the dict object, only ancillary methods like > > iteritems -- hence, you should not have been using a dict at all. > > I /could/ have done it with a list of tuples. I use no functionality > that /only/ a dict can do. So using a dict here is like using a truck > for transporting a single sheet of paper?
You are getting closer. A better analogy is that using a dict is like transporting passengers along an autobahn in an aeroplane or helicopter that never leaves the ground. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
