On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:27:48 +0100, Sybren Stuvel wrote: > Antoon Pardon enlightened us with: >> I would expect a result consistent with the fact that both times b.a >> would refer to the same object. > > "b.a" is just a name, not a pointer to a spot in memory. Getting the > value associated with that name is something different from assigning > a new value to that name.
You've got the right concept, but not the right terminology. The "b" before the dot is a name. The "a" after the dot is a name. But the whole thing together is not a name: b.a is an attribute reference. You wouldn't call b["a"] a name, and you shouldn't call b.a a name either. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
