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lightedman · 2023-01-01 03:31:12

If you can simply patch it, that's mutable, not immutable, by definition. Immutable means unchangeable without exception.

goodpoint | karma 2939 | avg karma 0.85 · | 2022-12-31 10:14:15

Wrong. Immutable does not mean unpatchable at all.

compil3r | karma 88 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2016-07-24 02:36:21

Not immutable but mutable.

tlrobinson | karma 30498 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2017-06-18 11:28:35

Do you mean "mutable", not "immutable"?

rthomas6 | karma 3931 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2015-03-10 18:15:06+00:00

Oh, I meant immutable. Thanks for pointing that out!

winrid | karma 4020 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2023-05-16 10:48:30

I didn't say make everything immutable. I just mean that if you want an object to be mutable, you need to say so.

emn13 | karma 3468 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2020-02-01 19:53:05

By that not so very useful definition, mutable systems are immutable, since they're in the same state at any specific moment.

tomc1985 | karma 11141 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2015-05-11 23:10:54

So by immutable he means... systems you don't patch? That's it?

msielski | karma 129 | avg karma 4.16 · | 2015-09-30 17:14:38

> immutable

NateEag | karma 2462 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2021-02-09 13:45:44+00:00

I think OP should not have used "immutable" if it isn't what he meant.

matharmin | karma 1287 | avg karma 4.6 · | 2020-01-20 07:36:58+00:00

Immutable

api | karma 31631 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2018-04-01 18:47:33

They aren't immutable. They can be fixed.

cafard | karma 5949 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2023-03-06 20:20:44

How immutable?

prashnts | karma 647 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2016-12-18 11:47:33+00:00

Shouldn't it be immutable? I'd expect this to be a default behaviour.

thecatspaw | karma 1333 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2015-12-15 12:02:30+00:00

Yes, but then you are fighting the software, and it wouldnt need to be immutable at all if you can change it anyway

TameAntelope | karma 5096 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2022-02-07 03:11:34

Even if they’re immutable, you can just roll out a new one with the changes in it, can’t you?

dredmorbius | karma 63069 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2021-09-07 17:11:00

And immutable.

dmacvicar | karma 298 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2021-05-25 13:42:11+00:00

Immutable in the sense that the old value is preserved, even if you update it, and you can't change the history (tamper-evident).

TheZenPsycho | karma 1505 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2013-11-12 03:37:11+00:00

what's wrong with "immutable" ?

bunderbunder | karma 15074 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2012-08-01 16:07:16

Sorry, I should have said 'immutable' instead.