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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:25:51 +1100
Subject: Re: Please provide a better explanation of tuples and dictionaries
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Daniel W. Rouse Jr.
<dwrousejr@nethere.comnospam> wrote:
> To me, this looks like an array. Is tuple just the Python name for an array?

Not quite. An array is closer to a Python list - a tuple can be
thought of as a "frozen list", if you like. Lists can be added to,
removed from, and changed in many ways; tuples are what they are, and
there's no changing them (the objects inside it could be changed, but
WHAT objects are in it won't).

Python has no strict match to a C-style array with a fixed size and
changeable members; a Python list is closest to a C++ std::vector, if
that helps at all.

ChrisA