Problems with first try subclassing

[Gerrit Holl]

Gerrit Holl schreef op woensdag 21 mei om 21:54:20 +0000:
> Driver, David schreef op woensdag 21 mei om 21:40:46 +0000:
> >     def LoadMyDate(self,m): self=(m[:4],m[4:6],m[6:8])
> 
> You are now binding a new value to the name self. You are
> overwriting the name. When LoadMyDate is executed, a reference
> to the object is copied: the reference that the caller uses
> still exists, and doesn't change.

You can compare it with:

def f(x):
    x = 3

x = y = 25
f(y)    # won't change y!
f(x)    # won't change x!

yours,
Gerrit.

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