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2008-10-04T14:39:20-07:00Andreas Nilssonhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4167183/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576527-freeze-make-any-object-immutable/
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Python
recipe 576527
by <a href="/recipes/users/4167183/">Andreas Nilsson</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/const/">const</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/freeze/">freeze</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/immutable/">immutable</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>Calling freeze() on an object makes the object immutable, like const in C++. Useful if you want to make sure that a function doesn't mess with the parameters you pass to it.</p>
<p>Basic usage:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code>class Foo(object):
def __init__(self):
self.x = 1
def bar(f):
f.x += 1
f = Foo()
bar(freeze(f)) #Raises an exception
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