Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > >>Yes. All arguments are passed by reference. This must be in >>the FAQ somewhere... > > > hopefully not, because that saying that "all arguments are passed > by reference" is extremely confusing for people who've learned about > "call by reference" in school. > > as has discussed many times on this list, using "call by object" > (or perhaps "call by object reference" or even "call by sharing") > is better, both for CS heads and for ordinary people. > > see e.g. > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-May/163312.html > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-May/163028.html > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-May/163078.html > > from a thread where someone claimed that Python used "call by value" > (which is true, as long as you're free to use your own definition of the > word "value" ;-) > Or, as one might say, '''"call by value" for some value of "value"'''.
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