Robert Dailey a écrit : > 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. (snip) > > Correction: > > I ran a few more tests and python actually does a pass by value, (snip)
Still wrong !-) Python passes references to objects, but the *names* are local. So while *mutating* (ie: calling a method that changes the state of) an object in a function will impact the object outside the function, *rebinding* a name will not impact the name outside the function. But anyway, as Star mentionned, Ben Finney gave a pretty good (IMHO) explanation in the nearby thread named "understanding python functions". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
