Le Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:57 +0000, Steven D'Aprano a écrit : > > What Python does is called "pass by sharing", or sometimes "pass by > object reference". It is exactly the same as what (e.g.) Ruby and Java > do, except that confusingly the Ruby people call it "pass by reference" > and the Java people call it "pass by value", thus guaranteeing the > maximum amount of confusion possible.
Well, I think the Ruby people got it right. Python *does* pass parameters by reference. After all, we even speak about reference counting, reference cycles, etc. So I'm not sure what distinction you're making here. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list