In message <h3291j$mf...@reader1.panix.com>, kj wrote: > .., Lundh writes: > > Assignment statements modify namespaces, not objects.
<counterexample>
>>> a = [3]
>>> b = a
These may indeed modify a namespace, not any object. However:
>>> a[:] = [4]
>>> a
[4]
>>> b
[4]
What change has happened to the namespace in this case? None. Yet an object
has changed.
</counterexample>
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