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frozenlist.FrozenList is a list-like structure which implements
collections.abc.MutableSequence. The list is mutable until FrozenList.freeze
is called, after which list modifications raise RuntimeError:
from frozenlist import FrozenList fl = FrozenList([17, 42]) fl.append('spam') fl.append('Vikings') fl <FrozenList(frozen=False, [17, 42, 'spam', 'Vikings'])> fl.freeze() fl <FrozenList(frozen=True, [17, 42, 'spam', 'Vikings'])> fl.frozen True fl.append("Monty") Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "frozenlist/_frozenlist.pyx", line 97, in frozenlist._frozenlist.FrozenList.append self._check_frozen() File "frozenlist/_frozenlist.pyx", line 19, in frozenlist._frozenlist.FrozenList._check_frozen raise RuntimeError("Cannot modify frozen list.") RuntimeError: Cannot modify frozen list.
FrozenList is also hashable, but only when frozen. Otherwise it also throws a RuntimeError:
fl = FrozenList([17, 42, 'spam']) hash(fl) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "frozenlist/_frozenlist.pyx", line 111, in frozenlist._frozenlist.FrozenList.hash raise RuntimeError("Cannot hash unfrozen list.") RuntimeError: Cannot hash unfrozen list. fl.freeze() hash(fl) 3713081631934410656 dictionary = {fl: 'Vikings'} # frozen fl can be a dict key dictionary {<FrozenList(frozen=True, [1, 2])>: 'Vikings'}
::
$ pip install frozenlist
https://frozenlist.aio-libs.org
We have a Matrix Space #aio-libs-space:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/%23aio-libs-space:matrix.org>_ which is
also accessible via Gitter.
frozenlist is offered under the Apache 2 license.
The project is hosted on GitHub_
Please file an issue in the bug tracker <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues>_ if you have found a bug
or have some suggestions to improve the library.
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist
.. You should NOT be adding new change log entries to this file, this file is managed by towncrier. You may edit previous change logs to fix problems like typo corrections or such. To add a new change log entry, please see https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/contributing/#news-entries we named the news folder "changes".
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.. towncrier release notes start
(2025-06-09)
Added deepcopy support to FrozenList -- by @bdraco <https://github.com/sponsors/bdraco>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#659 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/659>__.
Fixed an issue where frozenlist binary wheels would be built with debugging symbols and line tracing enabled, which significantly impacted performance. Line tracing is now disabled by default and can only be enabled explicitly -- by @bdraco <https://github.com/sponsors/bdraco>__.
This change ensures that production builds are optimized for performance. Developers who need line tracing for debugging purposes can still enable it by:
FROZENLIST_CYTHON_TRACING environment variable--config-setting=with-cython-tracing=true option with pipRelated issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#660 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/660>__.
Enabled PIP_CONSTRAINT environment variable in the build configuration to ensure the pinned Cython version from requirements/cython.txt is used during wheel builds.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#661 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/661>__.
(2025-06-03)
No significant changes.
(2025-06-02)
Correctly use cimport for including PyBool_FromLong -- by @lysnikolaou <https://github.com/sponsors/lysnikolaou>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#653 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/653>__.
Exclude _frozenlist.cpp from bdists/wheels -- by @musicinmybrain <https://github.com/sponsors/musicinmybrain>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#649 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/649>__.
Updated to use Cython 3.1 universally across the build path -- by @lysnikolaou <https://github.com/sponsors/lysnikolaou>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#654 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/654>__.
(2025-04-17)
Stopped implicitly allowing the use of Cython pre-release versions when
building the distribution package -- by @ajsanchezsanz <https://github.com/sponsors/ajsanchezsanz>__ and
@markgreene74 <https://github.com/sponsors/markgreene74>__.
Related commits on GitHub:
41591f2 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/commit/41591f2>__.
Implemented support for the free-threaded build of CPython 3.13 -- by @lysnikolaou <https://github.com/sponsors/lysnikolaou>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#618 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/618>__.
Started building armv7l wheels -- by @bdraco <https://github.com/sponsors/bdraco>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#642 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/642>__.
Stopped implicitly allowing the use of Cython pre-release versions when
building the distribution package -- by @ajsanchezsanz <https://github.com/sponsors/ajsanchezsanz>__ and
@markgreene74 <https://github.com/sponsors/markgreene74>__.
Related commits on GitHub:
41591f2 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/commit/41591f2>__.
Started building wheels for the free-threaded build of CPython 3.13 -- by @lysnikolaou <https://github.com/sponsors/lysnikolaou>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#618 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/618>__.
The packaging metadata switched to including an SPDX license identifier introduced in PEP 639 <https://peps.python.org/pep-639>__ -- by @cdce8p <https://github.com/sponsors/cdce8p>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#639 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/639>__.
GitHub Actions CI/CD is now configured to manage caching pip-ecosystem
dependencies using re-actors/cache-python-deps_ -- an action by
@webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__ that takes into account ABI stability and the exact
version of Python runtime.
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https://github.com/marketplace/actions/cache-python-deps
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#633 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/633>__.
Organized dependencies into test and lint dependencies so that no
unnecessary ones are installed during CI runs -- by @lysnikolaou <https://github.com/sponsors/lysnikolaou>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#636 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/636>__.
An incorrect signature of the __class_getitem__ class method
has been fixed, adding a missing class_item argument under
Python 3.8 and older.
This change also improves the code coverage of this method that
was previously missing -- by @webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#567 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/567>, #571 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/571>.
Rendered issue, PR, and commit links now lead to
frozenlist's repo instead of yarl's repo.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#573 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/573>__.
On the Contributing docs page,
a link to the Towncrier philosophy has been fixed.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#574 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/574>__.
A name of a temporary building directory now reflects
that it's related to frozenlist, not yarl.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#573 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/573>__.
Declared Python 3.13 supported officially in the distribution package metadata.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#595 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/595>__.
Declared Python 3.12 and PyPy 3.8-3.10 supported officially in the distribution package metadata.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#553 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/553>__.
Replaced the packaging is replaced from an old-fashioned setup.py to an
in-tree PEP 517 <https://peps.python.org/pep-517>__ build backend -- by @webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__.
Whenever the end-users or downstream packagers need to build frozenlist
from source (a Git checkout or an sdist), they may pass a config_settings
flag pure-python. If this flag is not set, a C-extension will be built
and included into the distribution.
Here is how this can be done with pip:
.. code-block:: console
$ python3 -m pip install . --config-settings=pure-python=
This will also work with -e | --editable.
The same can be achieved via pypa/build:
.. code-block:: console
$ python3 -m build --config-setting=pure-python=
Adding -w | --wheel can force pypa/build produce a wheel from source
directly, as opposed to building an sdist and then building from it.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#560 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/560>__.
It is now possible to request line tracing in Cython builds using the
with-cython-tracing PEP 517 <https://peps.python.org/pep-517>__ config setting
-- @webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__.
This can be used in CI and development environment to measure coverage on Cython modules, but is not normally useful to the end-users or downstream packagers.
Here's a usage example:
.. code-block:: console
$ python3 -Im pip install . --config-settings=with-cython-tracing=true
For editable installs, this setting is on by default. Otherwise, it's off unless requested explicitly.
The following produces C-files required for the Cython coverage plugin to map the measurements back to the PYX-files:
.. code-block:: console
$ python -Im pip install -e .
Alternatively, the FROZENLIST_CYTHON_TRACING=1 environment variable
can be set to do the same as the PEP 517 <https://peps.python.org/pep-517>__ config setting.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#560 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/560>__.
Coverage collection has been implemented for the Cython modules
-- by @webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__.
It will also be reported to Codecov from any non-release CI jobs.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#561 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/561>__.
A step-by-step Release Guide guide has
been added, describing how to release frozenlist -- by @webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__.
This is primarily targeting the maintainers.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#563 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/563>__.
Detailed Contributing Guidelines on
authoring the changelog fragments have been published in the
documentation -- by @webknjaz <https://github.com/sponsors/webknjaz>__.
Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:
#564 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/564>__.
The published source distribution package became buildable under Python 3.12.
typing.Tuple import
#411 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/411>_#413 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/413>_#410 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/410>, #433 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/433>#327 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/327>_The published source distribution package became buildable under Python 3.11.
#250 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/250>_#274 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/274>_FrozenList now supports being used as a generic type as per PEP 585, e.g. frozen_int_list: FrozenList[int] (requires Python 3.9 or newer).
#172 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/172>_#227 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/227>_musl tag targeting typical Alpine Linux runtimes.
#227 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/227>_#227 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/227>_#169 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/169>_Add support for hashing of a frozen list.
#136 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/136>_
Support Python 3.8 and 3.9.
Provide wheels for aarch64, i686, ppc64le, s390x architectures on
Linux as well as x86_64.
#24 <https://github.com/aio-libs/frozenlist/issues/24>_FAQs
A list-like structure which implements collections.abc.MutableSequence
We found that frozenlist demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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