[issue26449] Tutorial on Python Scopes and Namespaces uses confusing 'read-only' terminology

Martijn Pieters report at bugs.python.org
Mon Feb 29 03:56:34 EST 2016


Martijn Pieters added the comment:

+1 for "... can only be read". read-only can too easily be construed to mean that the variable cannot be set from *anywhere*, even the original scope. Another alternative would be "... is effectively read-only", but "... can only be read" is simpler.

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