[concurrency] [Python-ideas] Support other dict types for type.__dict__

[Mike Meyer]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:45:45 -0700
Mark Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Rob Cliffe <rob.cliffe at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > I suggested a "mutable" attribute some time ago.
> > This could lead to finally doing away with one of Python's FAQs: Why does
> > python have lists AND tuples?  They could be unified into a single type.
> > Rob Cliffe.
> Yeah, that would be cool.  It would force (ok, *allow*) the
> documenting of any non-mutable attributes (i.e. when they're mutable,
> and why they're being set immutable, etc.).

This also has implications for people working on making python
friendlier for concurrent and parallel programming.

> There an interesting question, then, should the mutable bit be on the
> Object itself (the whole type) or in each instance....?  There's
> probably no "provable" or abstract answer to this, but rather just an
> organization principle to the language....

Ok, you said "non-mutable attributes" in the first paragraph. That to
me implies that the object bound to that attribute can't be
changed. This is different from the attribute being bound to an
immutable object, which this paragraph implies. Which do you want here?

   <mike
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