Can Python function return multiple data?

[Mark Lawrence]

On 03/06/2015 22:35, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Thomas Rachel
> <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915 at spamschutz.glglgl.de>
> wrote:
>> Am 03.06.2015 um 01:56 schrieb Chris Angelico:
>>
>>> and it's pretty convenient. In C, the nearest equivalent is passing a
>>> number of pointers as parameters, and having the function fill out
>>> values. Python's model is a lot closer to what you're saying than C's
>>> model is :)
>>
>>
>> At least, C functions can return structs...
>
> Oh, yes, I forgot about that. Thought that was C++ but not C, partly
> because I never do it in either language. Although in a sense, a
> struct is still a single "thing".
>
> ChrisA
>

Don't forget that C functions can accept structs as input.  Possibly not 
a good idea as I found out many years ago pre ANSIC when I forgot that 
little old ampersand, so the compiler didn't pick it up, but then with 
modern computers having so much memory who really cares if you burn a 
little bit of stack on structures rather than pointers to structures?

Now does Python pass by value or by reference?  Happily sits back and 
waits for 10**6 emails to arrive as this is discussed for the 10**6th time.

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Mark Lawrence