passing by refference

[Aahz]

In article <874r3vhp2m.fsf at charter.net>,
Doug Quale  <quale1 at charter.net> wrote:
>
>How do you explain assignment (binding) in Python?  The values there
>are references too, right?

Actually, I don't use "value" at all when talking about Python when I
can help it, because there's the confusion with "value of an object".
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"In many ways, it's a dull language, borrowing solid old concepts from
many other languages & styles:  boring syntax, unsurprising semantics,
few automatic coercions, etc etc.  But that's one of the things I like
about it."  --Tim Peters on Python, 16 Sep 93