Guido van Rossum wrote: > On 2/15/07, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * Add a pure python named_tuple class to the collections module. >> I've been using the class for about a year and found that it greatly >> improves the usability of tuples as records. >> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/500261 > > Hm, but why would they still have to be tuples? Why not just have a > generic 'record' class?
Hmm - possibilities. "record" definitely has greater connotations of heterogeneous elements than "tuple", which would put paid to the constant arguments that "a tuple is really just an immutable list". list - primarily intended for homogeneous elements record - primarily intended for heterogeneous elements, elements are (optionally?) named and have mutable and immutable versions of each. Maybe the current list syntax would then continue to create a mutable list, and the current tuple syntax would create an immutable record (with no element names) i.e. the current tuple. Tim Delaney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
