On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Gregory Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> Because everything in Python is an object, and objects always are >> handled by their references. > > > <beginner_thought> So, we have objects... and we have > references to objects... but everything is an object... > so does that mean references are objects too? > </beginner_thought>
References aren't themselves objects. Names, attributes, etc, etc, etc, all refer to objects. Is it clearer to use the verb "refer" rather than the noun "reference"? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
