anything like C++ references?

[Aahz]

In article <13t0hvsb7idh0g6ac3upe5k0qd6flc17ah at 4ax.com>,
Tom Plunket  <tomas at fancy.org> wrote:
>
>I want to do something along the lines of the following C++ code:
>
>void change(int& i)
>{
>   i++;
>}

class Counter:
    def __init__(self, start=0):
        self.counter = start
    def inc(self, increment=1):
        self.counter += increment

def change(counter):
    counter.inc()

There's no need to get into all the special methods required to
implement a number type, and it's a Bad Idea to use a random container
object.  Just pass around a mutable class instance, and your code
becomes simpler and clearer.
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