Python Interview Questions

Mon Nov 19 09:59:19 EST 2012

OK, I've just read back over the whole thread. I'm really struggling to 
understand what point you're trying to make. I started out by saying:
> Use a list when you need an ordered collection which is mutable (i.e. 
> can be altered after being created). Use a tuple when you need an 
> immutable list (such as for a dictionary key).

To which you obviously objected. So now you write:
> I think a tuple is an immutable sequence of items, and a list is a 
> mutable sequence of items.

So how is that different from what I said? Is this whole argument 
boiling down to your use of "immutable sequence" vs. my use of 
"immutable list"?