[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I see. I figured that list comprehensions made another list(duh), but
> I thought I could relink the object(List) to the new list and keep it
> once the function ended.
>
> Is it possible to pass a reference(to an object.. Like 'List',
> basically) to a function and change the reference to point to
> something created inside a function? Or all data unreturned from a
> function is lost and no references kept?(The second, I'd guess, since
> it's local temporary scope, but you never know, maybe Python can :) )
Maybe this (untested):
def qsort(seq):
if seq:
pivot = seq.pop()
Q = L,R = [],[]
for x in seq:
Q[x>=pivot].append(x)
qsort(R)
seq[:] = L+[pivot]+R
A.
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