Peter Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:08 -0500, J Kenneth King wrote: >> Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> I am curious why you thought that. What made you think Python should/did >>> make a copy of weird_obj.words when you pass it to a function? > [snip] >> Of course if there is any further reading on the subject, I'd appreciate >> some links. > > As one relatively new Python fan to another, I recommend following > this newsgroup. Many important aspects of Python that several books > failed to drive through my skull are very clearly (and repeatedly) > explained here. Hang around for a week, paying attention to posts > with subjects like "Error in Python subscripts" (made-up example), > and curse me if you don't find it greatly rewarding.
I do lurk more often than I post and sometimes I help out people new to Python or new to programming in general. I know how helpful usenet can be and usually this group in particular is quite special. It's good advice to read before you post; quite often the question has been proposed and answered long before it came to your little head (not you in particular; just general "you"). In this case, I was simply lacking the terminology to find what I was looking for on the subject. In such cases turning to the community seems like a fairly reasonable way to find clarification. I've only been programming in Python specifically for two years or so now, so I hope I can be forgiven. Cheers. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
