A question about reference in Python.

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:18:27 -0700, Joe Strout wrote:

> On Dec 7, 2008, at 10:26 PM, Group wrote:
> 
>> Now, I want to write a Red-Black Tree, and a List structure. In C/C+ +,
>> I can
>> use pointers to refer to  children  notes (or next notes). But, in
>> Python, how
>> can I do it? Except the sequence, I know not any way.
> 
> Any variable in Python is a reference

Except that they don't behave like references in languages that have 
explicit reference parameters.


Joe, please stop muddying the water. We've been over this to death. Did 
you not see the thread asking how to create reference parameters in 
Python? Subject "var or inout parm?". I noticed you were conspicuous by 
your absence in that little discussion. 



-- 
Steven