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[Python-Dev] constant/enum type in stdlib

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Rob Cliffe wrote:

> But couldn't they be presented to the Python programmer as a single 
> type, with the implementation details hidden "under the hood"?

Not in CPython, because tuple items are kept in the same block
of memory as the object header. Because CPython can't move
objects, this means that the size of the tuple must be known
when the object is created.

-- 
Greg

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