Antoon Pardon wrote: (snip) > Well no matter what explanation you give to it, and I understand how it > works,
I'm not sure of this. > I keep finding it strange that something like > > k = [0] > def f(i): > k[0] += i > f(2) > > works but the following doesn't > > k = 0 > def f(i): > k += i > f(2) > > > Personnaly I see no reason why finding a name/identifier on the > leftside of an assignment should depend on whether the name > is the target or prefix for the target. > It's not about "finding a name/identifier", it's about the difference between (re)binding a name and mutating an object. -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.split('@')])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list