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What's a good (read: speakable) name for a list of two-item-lists or a tuple of two-item-tuples? #python
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Status: 2015-01-07

  • A sequence of pairs
  • dublist
  • a list or tuple pairs
  • twople (2x)
  • Poor-man's ordereddict
  • List of alists
  • Matrix
  • double lists
  • double tuples
  • pairs (2x)
  • a pair of deuces
  • dict item list
  • iterable yielding pairs
  • sequence of pairs
  • parade of couples
  • a queue of partners
  • array of alternatives
  • Cartesian path
  • progression of abscissa & ordinate
  • two-tuples
  • chains of twins
  • duet polonaise
  • super-duples
  • pairlist/pairtuple
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Matrix is bad, since a matrix can have more than two dimensions, and for a two-dimensional matrix you'd need a three-tuple anyway.

list of duples, perhaps?

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