Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:53 pm, Ned Batchelder wrote: > > > Would we be able to end these interminable debates if we just agree > > that we all know how it works, > > If only that were true. Not everyone understands Python semantics (or > for that matter, Java/Swift/language of your choice) and I still come > across people confused by the pass by value/reference false dichotomy > and which applies to <language of your choice>.
Ditto. Many of my workmates still suffer from the misapprehension that “Python uses call-by-value semantics”, and many others suffer from the misapprehension “Python uses call-by-reference semantics”. No, we cannot just agree that we all know how it works. The well is poisoned for a long time, and we must diligently undo the conceptual damage for generations to come; and I know of no better way than continuing to publicly discuss how both misapprehensions are wrong. -- \ “[H]ow deep can a truth be — indeed, how true can it be — if it | `\ is not built from facts?” —Kathryn Schulz, 2015-10-19 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
