Finding the instance reference of an object

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:12:00 +1300, greg wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Python's behaviour is not the same as what Pascal, or C, calls
>> call-by-value.
> 
> Python's assignment is not the same as what Pascal or C calls
> assignment, either. Yet we don't hear anyone claim that the term
> "assignment" shouldn't be used in Python.

Er, you're not from around here are you?

I admit that sometimes I slip into bad habits, but generally the accepted 
terminology is that x = 1 binds the object 1 to the name x.


> The difference between call-by-value in Python and Pascal is exactly the
> same difference as there is between assignment in Python and Pascal. Why
> should we throw out one term but not the other?

Exactly.



-- 
Steven