how can I avoid abusing lists?

[Simon Forman]

Tim Chase wrote:

>
> You'll notice that the OP's code had multiple references to the
> same counter (0, 1, and 3 all mapped to type1)
>
> The OP's method was about as good as it gets.  One might try to

D'oh!  Didn't notice that.

Yeah, Thomas,  if you really do want more than "type code" (i.e. key to
your map dict) to map to the same type counter then IMHO your original
method is very apt.

Peace,
~Simon