[Python-3000] ABC method mismatch

[Aahz]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2008 2:58 PM, Fred Drake <fdrake at acm.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'd be happy seeing these methods added to tuple; there's no reason
>> that they would only be useful on mutable sequences.
> 
> Sounds like this is the consensus. Go for it, Raymond!

Far be it from me to act the grinch (and I honestly don't care), but I'm
curious what caused you to change your mind at this point.  You have
argued against this for years:

http://www.python.org/search/hypermail/python-1992/0285.html

More recently, your argument has revolved around the fact that you don't
want tuples used as a "poor man's list" -- they are intended to be used
for heterogeneous data.  (Assuming I'm rephrasing you correctly.)

(My purpose in poking you is to get better at channeling you rather than
because this particular decision has much significance.)
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