[Python-Dev] bool does not want to be subclassed?
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Feb 14 08:28:32 EST 2004
Tim Peters wrote:
> I expect the easiest way out is for you to decide that type objects are
> immutable after all -- even if there are obscure ways to mutate them!
It's not at all obscure:
>>> class A(object):pass
...
>>> type(A).__name__
'type'
>>> A.foo = 1
>>> A.foo
1
Look, Ma, I'm mutating a type!
No, son, you are just modifying it.
The properties you quote (comparison checks for identity, usable as a
dictionary key) don't imply at all that an object is immutable.
Regards,
Martin
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