Re: Immutability and Python

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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:
>> Also because how doi I make an immutable object in pure Python?
>
> Numbers in Python are already immutable.  What you're really looking for
> is a programming style where you don't bind any variable more than once.

No, they were looking for a way to create classes whose instances are immutable.

Also, immutability has nothing to do with the presence or lack of for loops.

-- Devin

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Re: Immutability and Python andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 16:12 +0000
  Re: Immutability and Python Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-29 09:46 -0700
    Re: Immutability and Python andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 17:05 +0000
      Re: Immutability and Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-29 22:30 +0000
        Re: Immutability and Python Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2012-10-29 15:45 -0700
          Re: Immutability and Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-29 23:14 +0000
    Re: Re: Immutability and Python Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-10-29 12:58 -0500
    Re: Immutability and Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-29 14:03 -0400
    Re: Immutability and Python Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 14:25 -0400

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