Message 155459 - Python tracker

Message155459

Author	mrabarnett
Recipients	ezio.melotti, mrabarnett, py.user
Date	2012-03-12.18:16:40
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Message-id	<1331576201.34.0.969317081394.issue14260@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The re module creates the dict purely for the benefit of the user, and as it's a normal dict, it's mutable. An alternative would to use an immutable dict or dict-like object, but Python doesn't have such a class, and it's probably not worth writing one just for this use-case.

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The re module creates the dict purely for the benefit of the user, and as it's a normal dict, it's mutable.

An alternative would to use an immutable dict or dict-like object, but Python doesn't have such a class, and it's probably not worth writing one just for this use-case.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-03-12 18:16:41	mrabarnett	set	recipients: + mrabarnett, ezio.melotti, py.user
2012-03-12 18:16:41	mrabarnett	set	messageid: <1331576201.34.0.969317081394.issue14260@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-03-12 18:16:40	mrabarnett	link	issue14260 messages
2012-03-12 18:16:40	mrabarnett	create