On Nov 28, 2007 9:51 AM, hdante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 28, 1:42 pm, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007-11-28, hdante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Nov 28, 1:09 am, Steven D'Aprano > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:21:36 -0800, hdante wrote: > > >> > Python variables are pointers and that's it. > > > > >> How do I increment a Python variable so that it points to the > > >> next address, like I can do with pointers in C, Pascal, and > > >> other languages? > > > > >> -- > > >> Steven. > > > > > You can't. Python variables still are pointers. Hint: > > > > > int * const x = &y; > > > > > How do I increment x ? > > > > Not only that, you can't point x at any other object at all. > > That's not a Python variable either. > > > > -- > > Neil Cerutti > > That's right. Languages may have arbitrary sets of operations defined > for their variables. There's nothing wrong with that. >
Right. Python variables are pointers, except for all the ways that they are different. By the same criteria, they are also puppies. Give it a rest. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
