indirect references

[Darrell Gallion]

From: <shaleh at debian.org>
> How do I do this in python:
> 
> foo = 'string'
> bar = foo
> 
> somehow assign to bar and change the value of foo.
> 

Dictionary keys can act like pointers.   
>>> dic={id(str1):'str1'}
>>> b=id(str1)
>>> c=id(str1)
>>> dic[c]='newStr'
>>> dic[b]
'newStr'

The objects address makes a pretty good key.
This is also handy to avoid circular references.
Not as pretty as pointers, but I think less confusing.

--Darrell Gallion