On 2/10/2010 1:38 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
After all is said and done - if you had a truly good grasp of Python, I might buy your book even if you still had -- ummm -- a less than winning presence on the mailing list; but right now your understanding is not worth paying for.
Alf, here's my suggestion on how to respond to people's criticisms of your technical prowess: come up with the "best ever" description of Python's variable-assignment and argument-passing schemes, and place the description in your manuscript [1]. Section 2.4, "Naming things", currently does not address the issues discussed in this thread ("pass by XXX", etc.).
HTH, John [1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-December/1229932.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
