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dicts are OK, because at least they do have a `key` and it does mean something. un-annotated tuples and too many func params are cancer.

• stonethrowaway 2y ago
  No no, Un-annotated tuples and too many func params are OK, because at least they are pushed and popped from the stack. Calls and rets without a prologue and epilogue on the other hand…
  • est 2y ago
    > from the stack Or many, many stacks you can't comprehend nor amend. I dare to add a new `key` to a dict, can you modify a func call or a tuple with confidence?
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• ramraj07 2y ago
  Who does this still??
  • directevolve 2y ago
    In bioinformatics, one of our main dataflow platforms, Nextflow, is built with unnamed tuples in mind. Implementing the ability to conveniently pass data with HashMaps instead of unnamed tuples was a huge boost to usability for me.
    • dijksterhuis 2y ago
      i really want to go on a rant about the general state and historical choices regarding data formats and data structures in bioinformatics, plus all the wheel reinvention. but i’m also trying to move on and do things differently today. let’s just say the situation is displeasing and leave it at that.