Giovanni Bajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > As I said before, I think you're confusing the (in Python pretty > > non-existent) concept of encapsulation with Python's immutable types, > > which are immutable because the implementation demands it. (A fact I > > hope will disappear at some point.) > > You seriously believe that strings, integers and tuples are immutable because > of implementation details? I believe they are part of a language design -- and > a good part of it.
Definitely. When I first designed gmpy, I wanted to make its number types mutable, thinking this might probably enhance performance, but I double checked with Python cognoscenti first -- and the result was a plebiscite for IMmutable numbers (at the time, I was sort of new at Python, and didn't really get it, but now I do;-). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
