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From: Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:17:49 +0100
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:54 PM, sidRo <slacky2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> How to declare a constant in python 3?

There aren't true constants in Python, but instead we use a standard
defined by PEP 8, which states constants are in all caps, for example,
PI = 3.14, as opposed to pi = 3.14 which could change (according to
PEP 8, that is)