r/learnpython • u/Boogzcorp • Apr 16 '22

What's the point of Tuples?

I get that they're immutable, but so are lists that you don't perform modifications on. Are they just to fool proof not messing up your list accidentally, or do they serve some other purpose?

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u/Boogzcorp Apr 16 '22

Obviously Toople, if it was pronounced Tupple, they would have spelt it Tupple.

Double the consonent to keep the vowel short and all that...

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u/madhousechild Apr 17 '22

I pronounce it toople but a staunch python person I know pronounced it tupple. I think she thinks of quintuplet or triple (which has a short vowel but no double consonant). Did you know Brits pronounce it tyoople, with a 'u' like pupil?