In a message of Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:27:20 +1300, Carl Cerecke writes: >Yes. You are right. But so was I (on the second time around): > >a=1 >b=1 > >a and b could refer to the same object or different objects with the same >value. It depends on implementation details. I agree here. > >a=1 >b=a > >a and b refer to the *same* object here regardless of implementation. >Massimo said they were different, because b+= 2 doesn't change a. That >statement is incorrect. > >That's really all I was trying to say. I wasn't trying to be philsophical >about Platonic singleness in the universe or whatever. > >Cheers, >Carl.
Ok. I still found the way you said that confusing. Sorry about that. Laura _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
