Talk:Python Programming/Arrays

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[edit] Terminology Confusion

So is it a list or an array? What is the correct term, and how interchangeable are they? I'm no expert at Python; quite to the contrary; I'm a beginner. So I find it just a little hard to understand when the terminology is mixed without explanation.

It is a list. Python has arrays, in the array module, and it means another thing. This chapter needs serious work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.80.72.200 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Yet Another Terminology Confusion

The set data structure is called an unordered collection of distinct hashable values. Why call it unordered when every input value is insertet sorted and checked for duplicity? I'm new to python myself and this really confuses me. Even in the Python doku it is called unordered [1].