PEP 9999: Immutable variables with const keyword

[voznesenskym]

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[Mariatta]

Have this been discussed in our Discourse Forum, and do you have a PEP sponsor? If not, please start the discussion there first.

[hugovk]

Please do as Mariatta suggested, and review PEP 1's Start with an idea for Python section.

See also https://discuss.python.org/t/why-not-a-const-keyword/86067 and the 7 linked threads.