[DB-SIG] Dictionaries Pass By Reference?

[Horst Herb]

Tom Rabaut wrote:
> I'm under the understanding that dictionaries are pass by reference in python, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm declaring the dictionary in main then passing it to a function member of a module where it is populated, but when I attempted to use it, it is still empty in the main program.

Off topic, but here you go:

IDLE 0.8 -- press F1 for help
 >>> def filldic(dic):
	dic[1] = 1
	
 >>> def mainfunc():
	dic = {}
	filldic(dic)
	print dic[1]
	
 >>> mainfunc()
1

Works. Check your code.

Horst