Grumpy-pants spoil-sport [was Re: [Tutor] beginning to code]

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 4:25 AM, alister via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:16:47 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> On 2017-09-26, Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>>> On 9/25/17 10:20 PM, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:54 am, Ned Batchelder wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> We've been asked nicely by the list mod to stop :)
>>
>> Perhaps we could agree on a subject line tag to be used in all threas
>> arguing about what to call the Python argument passing scheme?  That way
>> the other 99% of us could pre-emptively plonk it?
>
> so you are suggesting a system where we could reject by reference :-)

No, you don't actually reject them. You allow them to be posted, but
you simply skip over the ones you don't like. You pass them by.

That's the REAL meaning of "pass by reference".

ChrisA