Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com>: > I'm curious - How would you explain Python's "variables" to someone > who knows how C variables work, in a way that ensures they don't carry > across any unfortunate misconceptions based on how C works?
Just say that 1. Every Python variable is of the type "Object *". 2. Every Python expression evaluates to a pointer (Object *). 3. Python's "." is equivalent to C's "->". That'll get the main point across pretty fast. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list