Is there a reference/alias/pointer in Python?

[Daniel Eloff]

Maybe I'm still thinking in C++, but see if this makes sense to you.

 

I have a UserOptionsClass that contains program options. It has a
member, Users, that is a dictionary. I defined __getitem__ so that I can
access a users options via OptionsInstance[ 'username' ]. Now I defined
a second member, CurrentUser which is set to the Users [
'current_users_username ' ]. I understand it's ref counted, so that
doesn't make a new copy, but doesn't that also mean that if I change it,
it will be made into a new copy separate from Users [
'current_users_username' ] ? Is there any way I can change that
behaviour?

 

Thanks,

-Dan

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