constant in python?

[liam]

i found a similar example on the net i was just making sure. seems kinda
alot of work just to get a constant. even perl has "use constant" and thats
about the ugliest language around :)
"Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "liam" <lcampbell at ubytes.com> wrote in message
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> > is there a data type like the const in c/c++? ive been combing through
the
> > doc and it doesnt seem to have one or am i missing something somewhere?
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> A reasonably popular solution is my "Constants in Python" recipe at:
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> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/65207
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