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Creating constant in Python
Does Python support constants that are enforced by the interpreter? For example: integer constants. How about a programmer defined enumerated type?
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1possible duplicate of [Creating constant in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2682745/creating-constant-in-python) and a [lot of others](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=python+constants). – Felix Kling Dec 30 '10 at 13:57
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No. If you want something to be constant then just refrain from modifying it.
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+1 or perhaps if that's too hard then one could just switch to Java! – David Heffernan Dec 30 '10 at 13:56
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1+1: If you have a `some_constant = ...` line of code, that is a problem; those lines are really easy to spot. Further, if you using ALL_UPPERCASE, pylint will warn you. – S.Lott Dec 30 '10 at 14:14
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Since Python 3.4 there is Enum (https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html) – acapola Mar 28 '20 at 23:11