list vs tuple

[Darren New]

deadmeat wrote:
> but thats not the point - which when the statement a = b copies the data
> across for one type it's expected to do it for others.  It doesn't, so it's
> inconsistant, contrary to the original claim.

Python doesn't copy integers either.
In python, you'd write
a = 5
b = a
b = 9
and a would still be 5 and b would still be 9.

The equivalent in Pascal would be

a, b, five, nine : ^integer;
five^ = 5; { ignoring "new" for now }
nine^ = 9;

a = five;
b = a;
b = nine;

What's the problem?

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