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I don’t think we’re waiting for more crazy hacks.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 07:27 STINNER Victor <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> STINNER Victor <vstinner@python.org> added the comment:
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> https://discuss.python.org/t/list-of-built-in-types-converted-to-heap-types/8403
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> In the past, I used _random.Random for manual tests to compare static type
> and heap types, check which one is mutable.
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> C type _random.Random is inherited by Python type random.Random which is
> mutable. Since _random.Random is not directly seen by developers, I don't
> think that it's worth it to make it immutable.
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> For the other types, I would not say that they are "built-in types" or
> that it would be really bad to modify them. I would say that for the other
> types, the "We are consenting adults" rule stands. You can hack a type for
> a very specific need, but in this case you are on your own.
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> For example, people love to hack AST. Maybe the fact that ast.AST became
> mutable in Python 3.9 will unlock some crazy hack?
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