call-by-reference (was Re: Any other Python flaws?)

[Martijn Faassen]

jcm <grumble at usa.net> wrote:
[snip]
> Note I said you can't change the value of a _variable_ in your
> caller's scope.  Changing the state of an object isn't the same.

I think the use of the word 'variable' is ambiguous. :) When I hear
variable I'm not quite sure if we're talking about the reference or
what's referenced. Perhaps that's just me, though.

Regards,

Martijn 
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