John Machin wrote:
On Dec 29, 5:01 pm, scsoce <scs...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a function return a reference,
Stop right there. You don't have (and can't have, in Python) a
function which returns a reference that acts like a pointer in C or C+
+. Please tell us what manual, tutorial, book, blog or Usenet posting
gave you that idea,
Perhaps the ones claiming that Python is 'call by reference' and hence,
by implication, at least, 'return by reference'.
and we'll get the SWAT team sent out straight away.
I and others have posted many times that such a viewpoints leads to
confusion, such as in this post.
tjr
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