How to make an immutable instance

[Fuzzyman]

"Batista, Facundo" <FBatista at uniFON.com.ar> wrote in message news:<mailman.3.1087788401.454.python-list at python.org>...
> [Tim Peters]
> 
> #- When/if Decimal is recoded in C, it will be easy to make it "truly
> #- immutable".  If you think you have to try in Python anyway, then yes,
> #- read-only properties are the intended way to get an idiot-resistant
> #- approximation to immutability.
> 
> I particully don't care.  But that was an specification from the original
> pre-PEP (just to use it as key in dictionaries).
> 
> I'm +0 to take out that request from the PEP.
> 
> .	Facundo

If you want to use something as a dictionary key isn't the requirement
that it be hashable, rather than immutable....
(Which means you should at least attempt to prevent people changing
the value I guess....)

Regards,

Fuzzy

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