list vs tuple for a dict key- why aren't both hashable?

Tycho Andersen tycho at tycho.ws
Sun Nov 8 13:33:12 EST 2009


On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Wells wrote:

> I'm not quite understanding why a tuple is hashable but a list is not.
> Any pointers? Thanks!

The keys of a dict have to be immutable. Lists are mutable, tuples are
not.

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