Possible Duplicate:
Why are python strings and tuples are made immutable?
What lower-level design makes tuple not mutable in Python? Why this feature is useful?
Possible Duplicate:
Why are python strings and tuples are made immutable?
What lower-level design makes tuple not mutable in Python? Why this feature is useful?
A few reasons:
__hash__
methods based on their contents, the values returned could change as the contents change, which violates the contract for hash values.tuple
method which will copy only when necessary.