Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>: > Some people prefer to say "Python has no variables, it has name > bindings". I think that it's better to say that Python's variables are > not *like* C or Pascal variables, rather than invent a distinction > between name bindings and variables. Name bindings are a type of > variable.
I guess the thinking goes like this: In Python, everything is a first-class object. In Python, variables are not first-class objects. Ergo: In Python, there are no variables. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
