Remove mutability from Population

neurom/core/population.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Population:
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, files, name='Population', ignored_exceptions=(), cache=False, mutable=None, process_subtrees=False
+        self, files, name='Population', ignored_exceptions=(), cache=False, process_subtrees=False
     ):
         """Construct a morphology population.
 
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ def __init__(
                 will be loaded everytime it is accessed within the population. Which is good when
                 population is big. If true then all morphs will be loaded upon the construction
                 and kept in memory.
-            mutable (bool): Can force mutability/immutability by setting it to True or False, while
-                None uses the default behavior.
             process_subtrees (bool): enable mixed tree processing if set to True
 
         Notes:
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._files = _resolve_if_morphology_paths(files)
 
-        self._mutable = mutable
         self._process_subtrees = process_subtrees
 
         if cache:
@@ -89,16 +86,6 @@ def _reset_cache(self):
         """Reset the internal cache."""
         self._files = [self._load_file(f) for f in self._files if f is not None]
 
-    @property
-    def mutable(self):
-        """The mutability status of the morphologies."""
-        return self._mutable
-
-    @mutable.setter
-    def mutable(self, value):
-        self._mutable = value
-        self._reset_cache()
-
     @property
     def process_subtrees(self):
         """Enable mixed tree processing if set to True."""
@@ -130,7 +117,7 @@ def _load_file(self, f):
             new_morph.process_subtrees = self.process_subtrees
             return new_morph
         try:
-            return neurom.load_morphology(f, mutable=self.mutable, process_subtrees=self.process_subtrees)
+            return neurom.load_morphology(f, process_subtrees=self.process_subtrees)
         except (NeuroMError, MorphioError) as e:
             if isinstance(e, self._ignored_exceptions):
                 L.info('Ignoring exception "%s" for file %s', e, f.name)

neurom/io/utils.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def load_morphology(morph, reader=None, *, mutable=None, process_subtrees=False)
 
 
 def load_morphologies(
-    morphs, name=None, ignored_exceptions=(), cache=False, mutable=None, process_subtrees=False
+    morphs, name=None, ignored_exceptions=(), cache=False, process_subtrees=False
 ):
     """Create a population object.
 
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ def load_morphologies(
         ignored_exceptions (tuple): NeuroM and MorphIO exceptions that you want to ignore when
             loading morphologies
         cache (bool): whether to cache the loaded morphologies in memory
-        mutable (bool): Can force mutability/immutability by setting it to True or False, while
-            None uses the default behavior.
         process_subtrees (bool): enable mixed tree processing if set to True
 
     Returns:
@@ -209,4 +207,4 @@ def load_morphologies(
     else:
         files = morphs
         name = name or 'Population'
-    return Population(files, name, ignored_exceptions, cache, mutable=mutable, process_subtrees=process_subtrees)
+    return Population(files, name, ignored_exceptions, cache, process_subtrees=process_subtrees)