On 2017-09-25, Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > So I believe that either "call by binding" or "call by > assignment" could both equally apply to any and all languages > with function parameters, regardless of implementation or the > language's defined semantics.
I disagree on C++ where there's a keen difference between assignment and initialization, but I think I get what you mean, generally. If the objection is that "call by assignment" is just passing-the-buck, I won't argue with that. The quest to find a succinct way to categorize Python's argument passing for non-Python programmers strikes me as a sincere effort to to simplify something that just isn't simple. If calling it, "pass by assignment," is admitting defeat, then so be it. -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
