On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:13:30 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > Absolutely. It's rather sad that I can do this: > > import math > math.pi = 3.0 > > I like the ability to shoot myself in the foot, thank you very much, but > I should at least get a warning when I'm about to do so: > > math.PI = 3.0 # use God-like powers to change a constant > > Constants would be a nice addition in python, sure enough. But I'm not sure that this can be done without a run-time check every time the constant is used, and python is already slow enough. Maybe a check that is disabled when running with optimizing flags ? But I'm sure this discussion has been already made and the FINAL WORD has been already spoken. Ciao ---- FB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list