On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:27:27 -0700, Ratko wrote:
> for item in myList:
> del item
>
> Would this actually delete the item from the list or just decrement
> the reference counter because the item in myList is not associated
> with name "item" anymore (but still is with myList[itemIndex])? In
> other words, is "item" a temporary reference to myList[itemIndex] or
> is it actually that reference that myList has stored?
The latter. Names are always bound to objects, you can't bind a name to
another name or reference in Python.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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