On Feb 13, 6:41 pm, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > In article <hl6ilk$f7...@news.eternal-september.org>, > Alf P. Steinbach <al...@start.no> wrote: > > > > >My original statement, with reference to the Java language spec, > >didn't say much more about the language than that it has assignable > >references. > > Assuming this is what you're referring to: > > Python passes pointers by value, just as e.g. Java does. > > Then you are simply, completely, totally, and absolutely wrong. Period. > Regardless of how CPython manages its state internally, Python as a > programming language does not have pointers.
I agree with your statement for a suitably narrow definition of the words "pointer" and "have." -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
