How to Teach Python "Variables"

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2007-11-28, hdante <hdante at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 1:42 pm, Neil Cerutti <horp... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 2007-11-28, hdante <hda... at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Nov 28, 1:09 am, Steven D'Aprano
>> ><ste... at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:21:36 -0800, hdante wrote:
>> >> > Python variables are pointers and that's it.
>>
>> >> How do I increment a Python variable so that it points to the
>> >> next address, like I can do with pointers in C, Pascal, and
>> >> other languages?
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Steven.
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>> >  You can't. Python variables still are pointers. Hint:
>>
>> >  int * const x = &y;
>>
>> >  How do I increment x ?
>>
>> Not only that, you can't point x at any other object at all.
>> That's not a Python variable either.
>
> That's right. Languages may have arbitrary sets of operations
> defined for their variables. There's nothing wrong with that.

No, arbitrary operations would be useless.

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