On Mar 26, 5:28 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Micha³ Bentkowski: > > > Why does python create a reference here, not just copy the variable? > > I think to increase performance, in memory used and running time (and > to have a very uniform way of managing objects). > > Bye, > bearophile
A variable is a name-value pair. It's undefined outside of one-to- ones therein. You have two names. Do they refer to the same object. There is no such thing as the "primitive contents" of -any- standard object. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
