Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: > 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.
For starters, the Python language spec could at least define what it means to assign to a dict or a list. Is it "name binding?" If not, what is it? In fact, "name binding" can be defined through dict attribute assignment. What is needed is a term for "something that can be bound to an object." C calls this thing an "lvalue." Scheme calls it a "location." I think a "slot" would do well, but any jointly agreed-upon term would be fine. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
