> Please verify before asserting:
>
> >>> a = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
> >>> b = a[1]
> >>> b is a[1]
> True
> >>> id(b)
> 46912496915448
> >>> id(a[1])
> 46912496915448
Right, I must have had slicing on the brain.
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bruno at modulix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >>And I don't understand it. I thought, that b will be a reference to a,
> >>so changing b should change a as well.
> >
> >
> > No, you've set the name b to reference a slice of a. Slici
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Where can I find a good explanation when does an interpreter copy the
>>value, and when does it create the reference.
>
> Any good Python book. I have Learning Python and Programming Python 2nd
> edition and they are very good IMO.
>
>
>>I thought I understand
>>it, bu
> Where can I find a good explanation when does an interpreter copy the
> value, and when does it create the reference.
Any good Python book. I have Learning Python and Programming Python 2nd
edition and they are very good IMO.
> I thought I understand
> it, but I have just typed in following comm
