pep 8 constants

[Francesco Bochicchio]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:13:30 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:


> 
> Absolutely. It's rather sad that I can do this:
> 
> import math
> math.pi = 3.0
> 
> I like the ability to shoot myself in the foot, thank you very much, but 
> I should at least get a warning when I'm about to do so:
> 
> math.PI = 3.0  # use God-like powers to change a constant
> 
> 

Constants would be a nice addition in python, sure enough.
But I'm not sure that this can be done without a run-time check every time
the constant is used, and python is already slow enough. Maybe a check
that is disabled when running with optimizing flags ?

But I'm sure this discussion has been already made and the FINAL WORD has
been already spoken.

Ciao
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FB