Steven D'Aprano wrote:
If you insist that Python is call by value, the only way that can work is by defining values to be references, which is nothing like Algol.
No, that's not the only way. You can also make it work by accepting the original definition of call-by-value at face value -- i.e. as equivalent to assignment, without any implication of copying beyond what assignment itself implies. -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
