list vs tuple

[Sheila King]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:50:58 -0500, "Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com>
wrote in comp.lang.python in article
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:"Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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:> Actually, tuples have NO methods -- including those that would
:> require no mutability at all:

...<snipped>...

:> Note the lack of 'count' and 'index', which do not mutate a list
:> when applied to it, but are still missing from tuples.
:>
:So, tuples are not only immutable, they are also uncooperative.

Tuples can be used as keys in dictionaries. Lists cannot.

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