[Types-sig] tuples (was: New syntax?)

[Greg Stein]

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Paul Prescod wrote:
> Greg Stein wrote:
> > 
> > Bite me. :-)
> > 
> > You do raise a good point in another post, however:
> > 
> >   def foo(*args: (Int)):
> 
> Python should not use tuples as "read-only lists." From a type-system
> point of view, a tuple should be a fixed-length, fixed-type data
> structure defined at compile time.

Ideal or not, this is the current situation. *args is a tuple.

Are you suggesting a particular change here? If so, then add it to your
issues list :-)  [you are maintaining one, right? :-)]

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/