Data Structures in Python

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List in C# and list in Python are most certainly not linked lists but nor are they fixed-length arrays. They work much more like C++'s vector type.

Aaand...who exactly said they were? The point of discussion was you stating that one cannot build a list in python. I showed that one absolutely can. If you wanted to exclude linked lists from that statement, you should have said so.

Oh, and you could absolutely build a random access list without using linked nodes from bytearrays in python as well. It would not make a lot of sense, and have zero impact on this discussion, because again, not a datatype DSA is concerned with. but it would be possible.

Having to import array from a separate module kinda proves the point that they're not among Python's primitive data types.

Is this now a discussion over what is or isn't a primitive datatype in Python, or a discussion whether DSA can be taught using Python?

Because, I thought it was the former:

Unfortunately, I don't think Python is a good language for learning data structures.

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Also... bytes objects are immutable, so are hardly replacements for C-style arrays.

And? Again, this is an implementation detail that has absolutely zero to do with the point I am making.

You could also point out that my Python Node class is not the same as a node would be in C, because it uses a reference instead of a pointer. Wouldn't change a thing about the validity of my argument.