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Tuples are immutable lists. This means that have fixed size and fixed elements, though elements themselves may be mutable. | Tuples are immutable lists. This means that have fixed size and fixed elements, though elements themselves may be mutable. | ||
In general, they perform marginally faster than lists so you should use tuples over lists when possible, especially as parameters to functions. | In general, they perform marginally faster than lists so you should use tuples over lists when possible, especially as parameters to functions. | ||
Typically people use tuples as structs, i.e. objects with structure such as coordinates. See [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/626759/whats-the-difference-between-lists-and-tuples StackOverflow: Difference between lists and tuples]. | |||
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# Tuple with one element | # Tuple with one element | ||