Torsten Mohr schrieb: > Hi, > > how is the rule in Python, if i pass objects to a function, when is this > done by reference and when is it by value? > > def f1(a): > a = 7 > > b = 3 > f1(b) > print b > => 3 > > Integers are obviously passed by value, lists and dicts by reference. > > Is there a general rule? Some common formulation?
Python uses neither call by reference nor call by value. It's called call by sharing or call by object. http://effbot.org/zone/call-by-object.htm Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
