list vs tuple

[EuphoriaDj]

"Simon Brunning" <SBrunning at trisystems.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > From: deadmeat [SMTP:root@[127.0.0.1]]
> > Whats the practical difference between a list[] and a tuple() ?
> >
> > A tuple seems to be a very basic list, so unless it's faster, what's the
> > point of it?
>
> Off the top of my head - A tuple is immutable, and therefore hashable, and
> therefore can be used as a key to a dictionary. I'm sure that there are
> other things...
>
what do you mean by hashable?