Label-Value (was: Re: Inheriting the @ sign from Ruby)

[Rainer Deyke]

"Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> wrote in message
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> > > There is no value *IN* x.
> > >
> > > A variable *REFERS TO* 'a value' (aka 'an object').
> >
> > If somebody really wants mutable integer objects, they're not that hard
to
> > create.
> >
> > class MutableInt(UserInt.UserInt):
> >   def set(self, value):
> >     self.data = value
>
> UserInt is not in the Python 2 docs, though it's nice to hear it
exists:-).

Actually it doesn't, but it's trivial (if tedious) to implement.


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