On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:48 pm, bartc wrote: > Can Python be used to write, say, a swap() function that works with any > argument types (not just classes or lists)? Example: > > def swap(&a,&b): # made up syntax > a, b = b, a > > x=10 > y="Z" > swap(x,y) > print (x,y) # "Z" and "10" > > If not, then it doesn't have reference passing as it is normally understood.
No it cannot, and does not. You can emulate it by adding a layer of redirection, but that's it. -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
