Thanks for your understanding Steve. Furthermore, my related concern is how does Python actually deal with 'reference' in Perl. But now, it is clear to me now that Python simply treats them as object. Regards, Edward WIJAYA SINGAPORE
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Steve Holden Sent: Tue 10/3/2006 8:08 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Howto pass Array/Hash into Function It wouldn't be obvious to someone who learned Perl as their first programming language because Perl chose to ignore the otherwise almost universal convention that formal parameters determine the arguments that a function or procedure can be calles with. regards Steve ------------ Institute For Infocomm Research - Disclaimer ------------- This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately. Please do not copy or use it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list