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:class:`FrozenBidict <bidict.FrozenBidict>`
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Having :class:`bidict.BidirectionalMapping`
extend :class:`collections.abc.Mapping`
rather than :class:`MutableMapping <collections.abc.MutableMapping>`
allows for an *immutable* bidict type to extend from *it*.
This type is called :class:`bidict.FrozenBidict`,
and makes up the other branch of the tree.
As you would expect,
attempting to mutate a FrozenBidict after initializing it causes an error::
>>> from bidict import FrozenBidict
>>> f = FrozenBidict({'H': 'hydrogen'})
>>> f['C'] = 'carbon'
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError...
Because it is immutable, :class:`FrozenBidict <bidict.FrozenBidict>`
implements :class:`collections.abc.Hashable`.
Thus it's suitable for insertion into sets or other mappings::
>>> {f} is not 'an error'
True
>>> {f: 1} is not 'an error'
True
See the :class:`bidict.FrozenBidict` and :class:`bidict.FrozenOrderedBidict`
API documentation for more information on implementation details if necessary.