greg wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > >> For some reason your reply got right up my nose, > > I'm sorry about that. Sometimes it's hard to judge the > level of experience with Python that a poster has. In > discussions about this particular topic, often it turns > out that the person is a newcomer to Python who is > using the wrong mental model of assignment, and your > comment about None being immutable suggested that this > is what was going on. If I was mistaken about that, > then I apologise. > No worries. I've been subjected to far worse.
> While it may not have been what you meant, what you > *seemed* to be saying is that the result of a (plain) > assignment somehow depends on what was previously > bound to the name being assigned. I was just trying > to point out that this is not true. > I must have expressed myself badly, then. > The reason I suggested trying an example is that it > can be hard to talk about these things clearly when > you're not sure whether the words you're using, such > as "assignment", mean the same thing to the person > on the other end. The interpreter always interprets > things unambiguously. > Sure. Don't worry, I was pretty sure it was as much me as you. Otherwise I'd doubtless have been more obnoxious :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet Many services currently offer free registration ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
