Finding the instance reference of an object [long and probably boring]

[Steve Holden]

Joe Strout wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
[...]
>>> I wonder if that could be tested systematically.  Perhaps we could
>>> round up 20 newbies, divide them into two groups of 10, give each one
>>> a 1-page explanation either based on passing object references
>>> by-value, or passing values sort-of-kind-of-by-reference, and then
>>> check their comprehension by predicting the output of some code
>>> snippets.  That'd be very interesting.
>>
>> Except for your garbling of the alternative to your version, I agree.
>> I suspect that different people might do better with different
>> explanations, depending on background.
> 
> Could be.
> 
> Maybe we could run such an experiment at PyCon, pulling in non-attendees
> from the hallway and getting them to take the test in exchange for a
> free donut or coffee.
> 
+1: great idea! It would make a good video too ...

regards
 Steve
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