On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 10:52:45AM -0500, boB Stepp wrote: > This thought had occurred to me. Sometimes I wish there was a > mechanism in Python to create a binding to data where both were > unchangeable/immutable. Yes, I could use an immutable data type, but > if I bind an identifier to it that I want to *only* identify that > data, AFAIK it will always be possible for that identifier to be > rebound to a different object.
A "constant", in the sense that once bound, it cannot be unbound or re-bound to another object. There are some tricky hacks you can use to get something almost like a constant, e.g. https://code.activestate.com/recipes/65207-constants-in-python/ but without language support they're probably not worth bothering with. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor