Dictionaries and Tuples
Tuples
12.9 Glossary
tuple:
An immutable sequence of elements.
tuple assignment:
An assignment with a sequence on the right side and a tuple of variables on the left. The right side is evaluated and then its elements are assigned to the variables on the left.
gather:
An operation that collects multiple arguments into a tuple.
scatter:
An operation that makes a sequence behave like multiple arguments.
zip object:
The result of calling a built-in function zip; an object that iterates through a sequence of tuples.
iterator:
An object that can iterate through a sequence, but which does not provide list operators and methods.
data structure:
A collection of related values, often organized in lists, dictionaries, tuples, etc.
shape error:
An error caused because a value has the wrong shape; that is, the wrong type or size.