Mike Meyer wrote: > Ernst Noch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Maybe next time showing something like the following trivial snippet >>might help demonstrate that the core of the matter doesn't is not the >>way python treats parameters? > > > Did you insert an extra "doesn't" in that? If so, then I agree about > what isn't the core of the matter.
Uhm, yes. Seems the whole message was written too hastily. > > On the other hand, the snippet doesn't help without an > explanation. Especially with misleading comments. Absolutely, it was mainly meant as an example to demonstrate in practice that the way python passes parameters has nothing to do with what happens. > > >>>>>def func(param, what): >> >> if what: >> param['foo'] = 'changed' >> else: >> temp = param['foo'] # temp is _not_ a reference! > > > Except temp *is* a reference. What it's not is a reference to > param['foo']. Instead, it's a reference to the same object that > param['foo'] is a reference to. > Oh dear, yes. I inserted that comment as an afterthought. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
