Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Wed Mar 28 11:09:55 EST 2001

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deadmeat wrote:

> 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?

A list is mutable, whereas a tuple is immutable.  That means that
tuples, for instance, cannot be changed behind your back through other
references, and that tuples can be used as dictionary keys where lists
can't.

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