[issue7867] Proposed FAQ entry on pass-by-? semantics and the meaning of 'variable' in python

R. David Murray report at bugs.python.org
Sat Feb 6 22:26:16 CET 2010


R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> added the comment:

Well, the discussion was *long* and more than a bit contentious.  This is my own personal summary.  Here is a message I found somewhere in the middle of the thread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-January/1187126.html

Do you have a pointer to where "pass by value where the value is a reference" was controversial?  (Other than that thread :)

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