On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:09:09 +0800, J. Peng wrote: > Hello, > > I saw this statement in Core Python Programming book, > > All arguments of function calls are made by reference, meaning that any > changes to these parameters within the function affect the original > objects in the calling function. > > > Does this mean there is not pass-values calling to a function in python? > only pass-reference calling? Thanks!
No, Python does not use either pass by reference or pass by value. It uses pass by object. (Sometimes called "pass by object reference".) See: http://effbot.org/zone/call-by-object.htm for further details. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
