Today, constants in Python are mostly a matter of convention. Using a name that’s in all-caps and snake case — e.g., DO_NOT_RESTART — is a hint that the variable is intended to be a constant.

Python 3.14, named after a famous irrational constant, has arrived in preview. Plus new goodness in Cython 3.1, using Python’s structural pattern matching, querying the NanoCube, and more.

Python 3.12 Python 3.12 introduces the concept of Immortal objects. These are objects that are always needed by the system and therefore have a constant reference count.