tac-tics wrote: > I didn't say that. I meant that arrays in the C++ sense are dangerous.
so what do you think Python's string type uses on the inside ? > C++ offers pass by value options. That makes it so you never need to > worry about messing up data that doesn't belong to you unless you > explicitly pass by reference. Python doesn't do this for you. Thus, a > mutable string class in Python requires a great deal more care since > you need to make copies of every string in every function in order to > prevent changes in one object's string from affecting another. and that would be different from any other mutable Python type in exactly what way ? </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
