On May 4, 6:56 am, Hans Georg Schaathun <h...@schaathun.net> wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2011 02:56:28 -0700 (PDT), Devin Jeanpierre > <jeanpierr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > : Eh, that example doesn't say what you think it does. It has the same > : behavior in C:http://ideone.com/Fq09N. Python is pass-by-value in a > : meaningful sense, it's just that by saying that we say that the values > : being passed are references/pointers. > > No, Python is not pass-by-value, because the pointer is abstracted > away. You transmit arguments by reference only and cannot access the > value of the reference. In C it is pass by value, as the pointer > is explicit and do whatever you want with the pointer value.
The same argument applies to every language I know but two, all of which describe themselves as pass-by-value. What you say certainly has a consistency to it, it's just at odds with how I generally see the term being applied. Forgive me if I don't share the same definition as you, even if I do appreciate its elegance. Devin Jeanpierre -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
