On Jul 13, 2:10 pm, Robert Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed in Python all function parameters seem to be passed by > reference. This means that when I modify the value of a variable of a > function, the value of the variable externally from the function is > also modified. > > Sometimes I wish to work with "copies", in that when I pass in an > integer variable into a function, I want the function to be modifying > a COPY, not the reference. Is this possible? > > Thanks.
Correction: I ran a few more tests and python actually does a pass by value, meaning that a "copy" is made and the external variable that was passed in remains unchanged. I actually want to know how to "pass by reference", in that any changes made to a parameter inside of a function also changes the variable passed in. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
