-1. I don't see how this would improve any programs I've written or seen. Tools like mypy or linters might benefit from a feature to track constants and ensure they don't get changed, but I don't think it's needed as a language feature. Seriously, has anyone ever written "math.pi = 5" and been surprised that their code broke? Or even modified an application constant like BUFFER_LIMIT? Do you have any evidence that this would avoid bugs in real-world code?
Paul PS Please fix your font - your posts are coming through with a huge font size for some reason, which makes them extremely difficult to read. On 21 November 2017 at 06:33, Saeed Baig <saeedbaig...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hey guys I am thinking of perhaps writing a PEP to introduce user-defined > constants to Python. Something along the lines of Swift’s “let” syntax (e.g. > “let pi = 3.14”). > > Do you guys think it would be a good idea? Why or why not? Do you think > there’s a better way to do it? I’d like to know what others think about this > idea before making any formal submission (I’ve already posted this same > question on python-list, but I just wanted to gauge opinion here too). > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
