Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 17)

[Joe Strout]

On Nov 17, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Gabriel Genellina wrote:

>  I don't feel anybody would improve their Python skills chasing what  
> the "value" of an object is, least to make contortions so some  
> arbitrary definition of "call by value" be applicable to the language.

Actually, contortions are required to make the standard definition of  
"call by value" NOT be applicable to Python as well as all other  
modern OOP languages [1].

Maybe we can discuss it further, and make this thread about the thread  
longer than the thread it's about?

Cheers,
- Joe

[1] http://www.strout.net/info/coding/valref/