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[Python-Dev] PEP 8: Lists/tuples

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> I don't really want to open a can of worms here, but as I'm finishing up
> my OSCON slides, I remembered a conversation earlier where Guido said
> that tuples should be used for heterogeneous items (i.e. lightweight
> structs) while lists should be used for homogeneous items.
> 
> Should this preference be enshrined in PEP 8?

Yes.

> (I'm -1 myself, but I'd like to know what to tell my class.)

Like it or not, that's what tuples are for. :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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