indirect references

[Moshe Zadka]

On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Trent Mick wrote:

> Strings are immutable in
> Python and 

Right

> passed/assigned by value (not by reference, which is what you are
> asking for here).

Wrong, they are passed by reference. But what Shaleh is asking is for
mutating the reference, and *that's* impossible.

> Arrays and dictionaries are passed by reference.

Just like everything else in Python. But arrays and dictionaries are
mutable.

just-picking-some-random-nits-ly y'rs, Z.
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