On Dec 29, 12:01 am, scsoce <scs...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a function return a reference, and want to assign to the > reference, simply like this: > >>def f(a) > return a > b = 0 > * f( b ) = 1* > but the last line will be refused as "can't assign to function call". > In my thought , the assignment is very nature, but why the interpreter > refused to do that ? > > thks
because all you need to do is >>> b = 1 trying to change the return value of a function before you even "know what it is" so to speak, defeats the whole purpose of sending it there in the first place. just assign the variable to a new value. Thats my common sense answer, maybe somebody can give a technical one :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
