declare a constant in Python?

[Dave Brueck]

beliavsky at aol.com wrote:

> I wish one could declare a constant in Python, analogous to 'const int
> i=1;' in C++. Is there a way to get this effect?

With a bit of work, yes - Google will turn up some recipes for it.

It's basically never worth the effort because in practice it offers no advantage 
over just a naming convention (i.e. nobody accidentally rebinds their values, so 
doing that extra work doesn't provide any practical benefit).

-Dave