Chris Smith wrote: > Darren New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Smith wrote: > > > Unless I'm missing your point, I disagree with your disagreement. > > > Mutability only makes sense because of object identity (in the generic > > > sense; no OO going on here). > > > > Depends what you mean by "object". > > > > int x = 6; int y = 5; x = y; > > > > I'd say x was mutable, with no "identity" problems involved? > > The variable x definitely has identity that's independent of its value.
I'm not sure what you mean by that. > I also see, though, that the majority (so far, I'd > say all) of the potential uses for which it's worth introducing mutation > into an otherwise mutation-free language allow the possibility of > aliasing, which sorta makes me wonder whether this problem is worth > solving. What about my example of SQL? Mutation, no pointers, no aliasing. Yet: useful. Marshall -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
