Fredrik Lundh wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Using the same logic, we don't need types other than string in a DBMS > > as we can always convert a string field into some other types when it > > is needed. > > No, that's not the same logic. The dict() in my example doesn't convert be- > tween data types; it provides a new way to view an existing data structure.
This is interesting; I would have thought that the tuple is read and a dictionary created by inserting each pair sequentially. Is this not the case? -- Ben Sizer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
