On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:14:34 -0300, andrew cooke wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:37:27 -0300, andrew cooke wrote: >> >>> as far as i understand things, the best model is: >>> >>> 1 - everything is an object >>> 2 - everything is passed by reference >> >> Except that is wrong. If it were true, you could do this: > [pointer swapping] > > i was thinking of how the stack is used; i would have called what you > are talking about "pointer semantics". however, on reading around a > little, it seems that i'm in a very small minority (which is a pity, > because if you restrict the meaning to how values are handled on the > stack then you get a lot closer to having just values and references, > rather than the whole pile of different terms that are apparently in > use). > > sorry for the confusion,
Why is it a pity to have a whole pile of different terms to describe a whole lot of different behaviours? I would suggest the real confusion would be if we had two terms to describe a dozen different parameter- passing conventions. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
