"Aaron Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think we can conclude that Python passes by reference, since a >function can modify objects that were passed in to it.
Sort of - if the modification is by "side effect" - so you can append to a list, for instance. However, if you use the passed param name on the left of an assignment statement, you get a new local object. I think it is this that lies at the root of the confusion. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
