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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:23:49 +1100
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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On 03Dec2013 16:34, Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
> On 12/3/13 4:19 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >And then I check the source:-( He actually said "I want to a fixed
> >length list-like container". That still sounds like a limit to the
> >number of entries.
> 
> Sorry, I was unclear. When I said, "I don't know where the idea came
> from," I should have said, "the OP said he wanted a fixed-length
> contained, but I don't know why he thinks that."

Me either.

Unless this is a homework task: "make one of these".
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

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