A question on modification of a list via a function invocation

[Steve D'Aprano]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 02:51 am, Stefan Ram wrote:

> Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
>>Sorry Stefan, that is the same trap that many others fall into. You are
>>assuming that there are exactly two evaluation conventions:
>>- pass by reference
>>- pass by value
>>and so if a language doesn't do one, it must do the other.
> 
>   I am assuming that there are two argument passing mechanismss
>   in the languages mentioned by me (C, C++, VBA, C#, Java,
>   JavaScript, and Python):
> 
> - pass by aliassing (reference)
> - pass "as if by assignment"


That assumption is wrong.




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