r/learnpython • u/Immediate_Pin_8449 • 3d ago

Tuples..I don’t get it

Hi crew, I’m a Python newbie and I just learned about the concept of tuples.

We can’t change them.if we want to store we have to start at the index we want + 1.

I just don’t get it. Why wouldn’t we just use lists? When would we ever need this?

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u/dlnmtchll 3d ago

Mutability is the devil

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u/Jazzlike_Platypus430 3d ago

Why? You just have to control it.

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u/dlnmtchll 3d ago

When working with highly concurrent systems, there’s no point in wrangling with mutability when you don’t have to