[python] AttributeError: can't set attribute in python

Here is my code

N = namedtuple("N", ['ind', 'set', 'v'])
def solve()
    items=[]
    stack=[]
    R = set(range(0,8))
    for i in range(0,8):
        items.append(N(i,R,8))      
        stack.append(N(0,R-set(range(0,1)),i))
    while(len(stack)>0): 
        node = stack.pop()
        print node
        print items[node.ind]   
        items[node.ind].v = node.v

In the last line I cant set the items[node.ind].v value to node.v as I want, and am getting the error

"AttributeError: can't set attribute"

I don't know what's wrong but it must be something based on syntax as using statements like node.v+=1 is also showing same error. I'm new to Python, so please suggest a way to make the above change possible.

For those searching this error, another thing that can trigger AtributeError: can't set attribute is if you try to set a decorated @property that has no setter method. Not the problem in the OP's question, but I'm putting it here to help any searching for the error message directly. (if you don't like it, go edit the question's title :)

class Test:
    def __init__(self):
        self._attr = "original value"
        # This will trigger an error...
        self.attr = "new value"
    @property
    def attr(self):
        return self._attr

Test()

namedtuples are immutable, just like standard tuples. You have two choices:

1. Use a different data structure, e.g. a class (or just a dictionary); or
2. Instead of updating the structure, replace it.

The former would look like:

class N(object):

    def __init__(self, ind, set, v):
        self.ind = ind
        self.set = set
        self.v = v

And the latter:

item = items[node.ind]
items[node.ind] = N(item.ind, item.set, node.v)

Edit: if you want the latter, Ignacio's answer does the same thing more neatly using baked-in functionality.