A question on modification of a list via a function invocation

[Antoon Pardon]

On 06-09-17 15:14, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
>> or any of the other things we can do in a language with references-as-values,
>> like C or Pascal.
> 
>   I have always taken the stance that one has to use the words
>   as the language specification of the language one talks
>   about does.
> 
But that makes it difficult to point to similar semantics in two languages,
when those languages use different wording to express those semantics.

-- 
Antoon Pardon.