if I start with M = [1,3,5,7] M is [1,3,5,7] This seems one way, as [1,3,5,7] is not M in the sense that there is no operation I can preform on [1,3,5,7] and get M back. Other than asking/testing M==[1,3,5,7] This seems fine to me. but when I savedata(M) it seems I should be able to refer to both [1,3,5,7] and "M", "I mean I did just type it why type it again) My argument comes down to; we use M so we don't have to type [1,3,5,7], I realize that this is in part because we might not no what M will be. This is starting to sound like double talk on my part, I have only been programing in python for 2 weeks so my credibility is only that of an outside that MAY have a reasonable way of thinking of this or at least a feature I would like.
Thanks for the comments by the way what is "**kwargs" I can't find any documentation on this? Thanks Vincent Davis On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Rhodri James <rho...@wildebst.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:23:55 -0000, Vincent Davis <vinc...@vincentdavis.net> > wrote: > >> I guess what I am saying is that it does not seem like I am adding any >> information that is not already there when I have to enter that list and >> list name after all they are the same. >> Thanks > > But you are. Consider just for a moment what happens when you execute > savedata([1, 2, 3, 55]). > > Fundamentally, the concept of a single unique name for any object isn't > something built into the language (or, indeed, most languages I can think > of). An object can have no names (though it'll promptly get garbage > collected if it isn't assigned to a name somehow), or just as easily > one or many names. > > -- > Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste Herder to the Masses > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
