"Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Whether you like it or not, the term "pointer" has a specific common > meanings. They do not mean "any means by which you may reference a > value". "variable" is certainly less clear and is used much more > loosely, but in the specific context of comparison to C, python > name/object bindings are not the same as C variables.
Yes. Further, "in the specific context of comparison to C" was all this thread was *ever* about at the beginning: none <""atavory\"@(none)"> writes: > Hello, > > IIRC, I once saw an explanation how Python doesn't have > "variables" in the sense that, say, C does, and instead has bindings > from names to objects. Does anyone have a link? So please, let's stop trying to brinng up "pointer" and "variable" with some pure language-independent meaning that is the only one we should consider. The *specific context* here is the existing preconceptions programmers bring from other languages like C. -- \ "Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto | `\ someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I | _o__) have to laugh, because what is that thing?" -- Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
