Freeze in Python?
I have programmed in Python for a while, and just recently started using Ruby at work. The languages are very similar. However, I just came across a Ruby feature that I don't know how to replicate in Python. It's Ruby's freeze method. irb(main):001:0> a = [1,2,3] => [1, 2, 3] irb(main):002:0> a[1] = 'chicken' => "chicken" irb(main):003:0> a.freeze => [1, "chicken", 3] irb(main):004:0> a[1] = 'tuna' TypeError: can't modify frozen array from (irb):4:in `[]=' from (irb):4 Is there a way to imitate this in Python? EDIT: I realized that I made it seem like this was only for lists; in Ruby, freeze