On 5/7/14 8:27 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
In almost every other language you know A and B each "contain" by
reference (and almost always by static type) macTruck. But NOT python.
Nor Javascript, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Lua, or (I think) Lisp or Java. To
mention only a few.
I think it is easy to exaggerate the difference between Python and
"almost every other language". Python's name binding model is very common
amongst dynamically typed languages, and there are many dynamically typed
languages.
Then we don't need a discussion.
Why are new Python coders 'always' confused by this question of
variable (name value) vs. {name: object} model of Python?
The reason I suggest is that the person has a preconceived idea of
what 'variable' means, and they then attempt to apply their conception
of variable on to Python in some way ending in a surprise.
We need a way to speak about Pythons name object model to avoid
this confusion.
marcus
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