Op 2005-11-14, Bengt Richter schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 14 Nov 2005 11:20:53 GMT, Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Op 2005-11-14, Paul Rubin schreef <http>: >>> Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> We could then have something like the following. >>>> >>>> a = 5 >>>> b = a >>>> a @= 7 >>>> b ==> would result in 7. >>> >>> Ouch! :-((( >>> >>> Can't you live with >>> >>> a = [5] >>> b = a >>> a[0] = 7 >>> >>> so b[0] is now 7. >> >>And what do I have to do, in case of the following: >> >>a = [3, 5] >>b = a[0] >>b @= 7 >>a ==> would result in [7, 5] >> >>This may seem contrived, but in combination with >>parameters it could be usefull. >> >>Something like: >> >>a = [3, 5] >> >>def treat(b): >> lots of code >> b @= new_value >> >>f(a[0]) >>a ==> would result in [7, 5] >> >>-- > You may be interested in reviewing > > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f96b496b6ef14e2/32d3539e928986b3 > > before continuing this topic ;-)
It is a rather long thread. You want to avoid this one becomes of comparable length? -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
