[Tutor] Why use tuples?

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	Danny Kohn [SMTP:danny.kohn@systematik.se]
> What I understand about the difference in functionality between lists and
> tuples is that tuples are restricted lists. But what why would I want to
> use tuples? What is the benifit?
 
See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py?req=all#6.15> on the FAQ.

What this *doesn't* seem to mention is that you can use an immutable tuple
as the key of a dictionary, whereas you cannot use a mutable list.

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning@trisystems.co.uk




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