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

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:21:07 -0200, Joe Strout <joe at strout.net> escribió:

> 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?

Mmm, don't count on *my* followups to beat the record! :)

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Gabriel Genellina