On 01 May 2011 08:45:51 GMT, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: : Python uses a data model of "name binding" and "call by object" (also : known as "call by sharing"). I trust I don't need to define my terms, but : just in case:
Without having the time to get my hand around exactly what this means: Simula has three ways of transmitting arguments, namely transmission by name, by value, and by reference. Is transmission by name the same as call by object? Anyway, I have never seen anyone counting more than three ways of doing this ... -- :-- Hans Georg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
