In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Finney wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On my Gentoo system: >> >> >>> import os >> >>> os.path >> <module 'posixpath' from '/usr/lib64/python2.5/posixpath.pyc'> >> >> It's just a variable that happens to point to the posixpath module. > > There's no "pointing" going on. It's another name bound to the same > object, of equal status to the 'posixpath' name. > > Python doesn't have pointers, and even "variable" is a misleading term > in Python. Best to stick to "name" and "bound to".
In Python, all names _are_ variables. They are not "bound" to objects. The value of os.path is a pointer. It's implemented as a pointer, it has all the semantics of a pointer. Honestly, why do people react to the word "pointer" as though computers have to wear underwear to conceal something shameful going on in their nether regions? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
