James Stroud wrote: > Robert Dailey wrote: >> 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? > > Not only is this possible, that is actually what happens with ints!
But that's because ints are immutable, not because there is an explicit copy of anything being made. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis Ipsa scientia potestas est. "Knowledge itself is power." -- a Latin proverb -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
