[Tutor] using lists as values for key in dictionary?

[wesley chun]

>> so if you turn your list into a tuple (I can never remember, is that a
>> cast or a coercion?)
>
>> lX = tuple(lX)
>
> To answer my own question: neither, but it's closer (in spirit) to a cast.

you're keeping everyone is suspense! :-)  you are creating a brand new
tuple by copying out the references to the objects in the list. then
you assign that tuple to the variable that previously referenced your
original list.

NOTE: the original object remained as a list with no modifications,
but was probably marked for deallocation when you dropped your
references to it unless there were other references to it.

cheers,
-- wesley
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