Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > Utpal Sarkar <doe...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Is there a way I can tell a variable that the object it is pointing >> too is not owned by it, in the sense that if it is the only reference >> to the object it can be garbage collected? > > Python doesn't have “pointers”, and doesn't really have “variables” > either, at least not how many other languages use that term.
The OP didn't use the term "pointer", but the word "pointing", which makes sense in the context. The term "variable" is used in the Python language reference and elsewhere, and is quite compatible with how other popular languages (Java, PHP, Lisp, ...) use it. Please stop complaining about valid terminology; it is not helpful. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
