constant in python?

[Alex Martelli]

"liam" <lcampbell at ubytes.com> wrote in message
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> is there a data type like the const in c/c++? ive been combing through the
> doc and it doesnt seem to have one or am i missing something somewhere?

A reasonably popular solution is my "Constants in Python" recipe at:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/65207


Alex