Is there "let binding" in Python?

[Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters]

Rob Hunter <rhunter007 at yahoo.com> wrote previously:
|The FOR statement is mutating the variable i.
|In general, in most cases, I find it *unacceptable* to use mutation.

Nope, Nope, No!

In Python, integers are IMMUTABLE.  Nothing anywhere will ever change
their value.

What the 'for' statement does is BIND a value to a name.  Same thing an
assignment does, and so on.

Some values are mutable, like lists and dictionaries.  But it seems like
most of what Hunter writes is just a misunderstanding of the difference
between mutation and binding.

If you like, you can create a 'let'-like prohibition on rebinding.  See:

    http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/charming_python_16.html

The version on dW has the code samples messed up now.  But you do not
usually want to do this.  It's just superfluous and contrived, rather
than useful, mostly.

Yours, Lulu...

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