On 17/6/2013 5:22 μμ, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 6/17/2013 7:34 AM, Simpleton wrote:
On 17/6/2013 9:51 πμ, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Now, in languages like Python, Ruby, Java, and many others, there is no
table of memory addresses. Instead, there is a namespace, which is an
association between some name and some value:
global namespace:
x --> 23
y --> "hello world"
First of all thanks for the excellent and detailed explanation Steven.
As for namespace:
a = 5
1. a is associated to some memory location
2. the latter holds value 5
This is backwards. If the interpreter puts 5 in a *permanent* 'memory
location' (which is not required by the language!), then it can
associate 'a' with 5 by associating it with the memory location. CPython
does this, but some other computer implementations do not.
Please tell me how do i need to understand the sentence
'a' is being associated with number 5 in detail.
Why don't we access the desired value we want to, by referencing to that
value's memory location directly instead of using namespaces wich is an
indirect call?
i feel we have 3 things here
a , memory address of a stored value, actual stored value
So is it safe to say that in Python a == &a ? (& stands for memory
address)
is the above correct?
When you interpret Python code, do you put data in locations with
integer addresses?
I lost you here.
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