Objects in Python

[Antoon Pardon]

On 24-08-12 09:38, Antoon Pardon wrote:
> On 23-08-12 01:58, Ben Finney wrote:
>   
>> You haven't discovered anything about types; what you have discovered is
>> that Python name bindings are not variables.
>>
>> In fact, Python doesn't have variables – not as C or Java programmers
>> would understand the term. What it has instead are references to objects
>> (with names as one kind of reference).
>>
>> The documentation unfortunately calls these references “variables” in
>> various places, which IMO compounds the confusion in newcomers
>> experienced with other languages. It's best, I think, to reject the idea
>> that Python has variables, and think in terms of references instead.
>>   
>>     
> Why should we reject the idea that python has variables? Python
> variables are a lot like scheme or smalltalk variables and I never
> heard anyone having a problem considering these languages
> having variables.
>   
Never mind. I missed the reactions already dealing with this.

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Antoon Pardon