Re: Octal notation: severe deprecation

2005-01-14 Thread JCM
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > In Mythical Future Python I would like to be able to use any base in > integer literals, which would be better. Example random syntax: > flags= 2x00011010101001 > umask= 8x664 > answer= 10x42 > addr= 16x0E84 # 16x == 0x > gunk= 36x8H6Z9A0X I'd prefer using the

Re: reference or pointer to some object?

2005-01-12 Thread JCM
Torsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I still wonder why a concept like "references" was not > implemented in Python. I think it is (even if small) > an overhead to wrap an object in a list or a dictionary. > Isn't it possible to extend Python in a way to use > real references? Or isn't