Marshall wrote: > > While we're on the topic of terminology, here's a pet peeve of > mine: "immutable variable." > > immutable = can't change > vary-able = can change > > Clearly a contradiction in terms. > > If you have a named value that cannot be updated, it makes > no sense to call it "variable" since it isn't *able* to *vary.* > Let's call it a named constant.
The name of a function argument is a variable. Its denotation changes between calls. Still it cannot be mutated. Likewise, local "constants" depending on an argument are not constant. - Andreas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
