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On 06/29/2013 01:19 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Python's basic data types are not necessarily immutable. Lists and dicts 
> are not immutable. Being a high-level language, the idea of "primitives" 
> like int, double, float, etc from C doesn't really apply. A Python dict 
> is not made up from Python ints. Both int and dict are equally "basic".

Indeed.  Sorry for not being more clear.  I was referring primarily to
numeric objects and strings.