[Python-ideas] Wild idea about mutability

[Rob Cliffe]

On 02/06/2016 14:55, Sven R. Kunze wrote:
> On 02.06.2016 15:05, Rob Cliffe wrote:
>> Sure, there are many difficulties.
>> This was intended to be a blue-sky idea.  I would like to pose the 
>> question "If I had to redesign Python from scratch, would I think 
>> this is a good idea?"
>
> I don't think that's an overly stupid idea. In such regard, Python 
> wouldn't be the first project dealing with mutability in this manner. 
> PostgreSQL already does.
>
> One question I would have: would it be enforced? Or can objects 
> designer choose between enforced immutability and informative 
> immutability? Or would it be enforced inconsistently at some places 
> where at other places it does not matter.
> To me the 100% enforced variant would be the least troublesome.
+1