passing by refference

[Doug Quale]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:

> In article <87of2671rm.fsf at charter.net>,
> Doug Quale  <quale1 at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >Python is call-by-value.  The values are objects, but the argument
> >passing mechanism doesn't say anything about what values are in the
> >language.
> 
> No, the values are not objects.  To the extent that it's call-by-value,
> the values are references.  That's why so many of us object to using the
> phrase call-by-value, because people keep getting the process wrong.
> -- 
> Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

You're right -- I slipped.  I should have said the values are
references to objects.