working with pointers

[Michael]

except numbers??

"Dave Brueck" <dave at pythonapocrypha.com> wrote in message
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> Michael wrote:
> > sorry, I'm used to working in c++ :-p
> >
> > if i do
> > a=2
> > b=a
> > b=0
> > then a is still 2!?
> >
> > so when do = mean a reference to the same object
>
> Always.
>
> > and when does it mean make a copy of the object??
>
> Never.
>
> -Dave