On Friday 24 July 2009 17:14:06 you wrote: > Hrvoje Niksic <hnik...@xemacs.org> writes: > > The term "variable" is used in the Python language reference and > > elsewhere > > Yes. It should also be abundantly clear from the constant stream of > confused newbies on this point that its usage of that term is different > to what many expect from usage elsewhere. > > > and is quite compatible with how other popular languages (Java, PHP, > > Lisp, ...) use it. Please stop complaining about valid terminology; it > > is not helpful. > > I disagree with your assertions. > > Rather than yet another round of this tedious debate, I merely point > interested readers to <URL:http://effbot.org/zone/python-objects.htm> > and ask them to draw their own conclusion on how compatible their > pre-existing “variable” concept is with Python's object reference > model.
Then I must be one of these "confused newbies". After a cursory look at your article, I don't see a difference with Java variables (as long as we speak about non-primitive types). Cheers, Emm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
