[Python-ideas] Consider making enumerate a sequence if its argument is a sequence

Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com
Thu Oct 1 06:05:51 CEST 2015


On 9/30/2015 7:24 PM, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
> Also, the tutorial uses the phrases "data structures" or "data type" a few zillion times, apparently to avoid having to come up with a term that includes sequences, sets, dicts, and strings without being inaccurate. I've seen novices have no idea what "data structure" means, or get confused by what the difference between a "data type" and a "regular type" is.

container?

https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html

Emile



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