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Immutable vs Constness - What's the difference?

immutable | constness |

As nouns the difference between immutable and constness

is that immutable is something that cannot be changed while constness is (computing|programming) the declaration of variables or objects as immutable.

As an adjective immutable

is unable to be changed without exception.

immutable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Unable to be changed without exception.
    • The government has enacted an immutable law.
  • (programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially, such as a constant.

    • Antonyms

    * mutable * nonimmutable

    Derived terms

    * strongly immutable * weakly immutable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that cannot be changed.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    constness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing, programming) The declaration of variables or objects as immutable.

    • Related terms

    * const correctness