Data structure and algorithms

[Diez B. Roggisch]

azrael schrieb:
> i'd like to get more control like in c with pointers. I want to loose 
> the data after disabling:
> 
>>>> list=[]
>>>> list.append(Node(1))
>>>> list.append(Node(2))
>>>> list[0].next=list[1]
> 
> 
>       1, 2
> 
> 
>>>> list.append(Node(3))
>>>> list[1].next=list[2]
> 
> 
> 1,2,3
> 
> 
>>>> list[0].next=list[2]
> 
> 1,3                       (but 2 still exists as list[2])

So what? Then do

del list[2]


This is what happens in C also - if you store references to structures, 
they don't magically go away just because you refer to them from other 
places.


Diez