Hi, please refer to the sections about the augments passing in Python tutorial. Python’s pass-by-assignment scheme isn’t the same as C++’s reference parameters, but it turns out to be very similar to C’s arguments in practice: Immutable arguments act like C's "by value" mode. Objects such as integers and strings are passed by object reference (assignment), but since you can't change immutable objects in place anyhow, the effect is much like making a copy. Mutable arguments act like C's "by pointer" mode. Objects such as lists and dictionaries are passed by object reference, which is similar to the way C passes arrays as pointers—mutable objects can be changed in place in the function, much like C arrays.
Let’s have a try: >>> def incr(counters): counters[0] += 1 >>> counters =[100] >>> incr(counters) >>> print counters [101] >>> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list