anything like C++ references?

[Aahz]

In article <sag3hv4vf884ed7ouu5cv8ofnopp9j1t12 at 4ax.com>,
Stephen Horne  <intentionally at blank.co.uk> wrote:
>
>In computer science, a variable is a named binding to a value.
>Operations on that variable may rebind it to a different value, but
>values don't change behind your back. A pointer is, in effect, a value
>which indirectly refers to another (possibly anonymous) variable. A
>pointer is something you specifically request, and by doing so you
>allow that the 'variable' being indirectly referenced may be modified
>by something else that has no direct access to your pointer value (via
>your named variable or via copys or pointers-to your pointer held
>elsewhere).
>
>Python should respect that.

That's why I (and others) prefer to use "name" and "target" instead of
"variable".  Would that assuage your ire?
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