Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2008-02-28, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:19 +0200, Tamer Higazi wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> Can somebody of you make me a sample how to define a function based on >>> "call by reference" ??? >> >> Python doesn't do call by reference. Nor does it do call by value. Please >> pay no attention to anyone who says it does. > > Whatever python has for a calling convention, it is close enough that > naming it "call by reference" gives people a reasonable idea of what > is going on.
Quite. The thing is not to get hung up with the label - but to understand what actually happens. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
