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Fix minor spelling, grammar, and consistency errors in the Mutable and immutable types.
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Mutable types are those that allow in-place modification
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of the content. Typical mutables are lists and dictionaries:
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All lists have muting methods, like append() or pop(), and
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can be modified in place. Same for dictionaries.
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All lists have mutating methods, like append() or pop(), and
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can be modified in place. The same goes for dictionaries.
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Immutable types provide no method for changing their content.
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For instance, the variable x set to the integer 6 has no "increment" method. If you
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want to computed x + 1, you have to create another integer and give it
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want to compute x + 1, you have to create another integer and give it
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a name.
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.. code-block:: python
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with ``(1, 2)``. This tuple is a pair that cannot be changed in-place,
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and can be used as a key for a dictionary.
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One particularity of Python that can surprise in the beginning is that
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string are immutable. This means that when constructing a string from
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One peculiarity of Python that can surprise beginners is that
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strings are immutable. This means that when constructing a string from
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its parts, it is much more efficient to accumulate the parts in a list,
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which is mutable, and then glue ('join') the parts together when the
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full string is needed.

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