Passing by value instead of reference

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jeff Massung <jmassung at magpiesystems.com> wrote:
> >>> z=5
> >>> id(z)
> 6532920
> >>> def test(x):
>             print id(x)
> >>> test(z)
> 6532920
> 
> Is there a way to pass the value of z and not the address?

no.

and given that integers cannot be modified in place, I don't
really understand *why* you think you need to pass a copy
instead of a reference.  maybe you can elaborate?

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