> But I'll get back at what seems you actually wanted to say: > That there is no way to rebind 'x' or in my case 'l' and > with that I have to agree although I personnaly find that > a lack in python
It's not only that way in python, but in java too. So it seems that there is a fundamental principle behind it: In a language that allows sideeffects, these will actually happen. If you're after side-effect free programming, I recommend using a functional programming language like ocaml or haskell. In these, you can't mutate objects at all, only recreate them and rebind them to new variables. This prevents whole classes of errors - but of course it also introduces all kinds of other constraints on your programming style, e.g. using monads and so on. -- Regards, Diez B. Roggisch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
