oops, forgot to include the list. i really hate lists that don't have the the list as the default reply setting :-(
(Yes, I know that goes against the conventional wisdom) On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 9:14 AM Shreyan Avigyan <pythonshreya...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Well. How can I go beyond why constant was invented in the first place? > > > But constant was invented for other, far more static languages. And many > in this thread have said that even then it often needs to be worked around. > > > The main reason constant was invented was to provide an additional >> support to programmers so that they don't make a program unstable. > > > The same could be said for static typing. > > And Python’s solution to that is type annotations and type checkers. Which > supports Final. > > In short, yes, the concept of constant is useful, but it is not a good fit > for Python. > > However: > > When you spoke of “like a literal” that brought to mind something else: a > C preprocccesor like pre-complier time substitution. Which might have some > use, but it would only work within a single module, so not very useful. > > -CHB > > > -- > Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) > > Python Language Consulting > - Teaching > - Scientific Software Development > - Desktop GUI and Web Development > - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython > -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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