On 2012-11-04, at 11:07 PM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > However, unlike a list object (as in your latter example), the object > `None` is completely immutable (and what's more, a singleton value), > so you just-so-happen *not to be able to* run into the same problem of > mutating an object (assignment to an index of a list constitutes > mutation of that list) that is referenced in multiple places, for you > cannot mutate None in the first place!
Thanks for clearing that up Chris (and the link to the FAQ). I had thought about that after going to bed ("D'oh.. None is immutable.. *That's* gotta be why"). Demian Brecht @demianbrecht http://demianbrecht.github.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list