Newbie References Question -> Exemple

[Andrew Koenig]

Guy> But now, if I change the coordinate of one point:
Guy> p[0] = [5,5]
Guy> I will have:
>>>> p
Guy> [[5, 5], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0]]
Guy> but:
>>>> quad
Guy> [[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0]]

That is because you are not changing the coordinates of the point; you
are causing p[0]--the 0th element of p--to refer to a completely new
point.

If you wanted to change the coordinates of the point, you should
have written this:

        p[0][0] = 5
        p[0][1] = 5

or, more succinctly:

        p[0][:] = [5, 5]

If you try this, I think you will get the behavior you want.

-- 
Andrew Koenig, ark at research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark