pointer

[Michael Hudson]

"Andrey Panchenko" <andrey at app.omsk.su> writes:

> I think it's rather an ambiguous statement. I can think that after
> 
> a = 1
> b = a
> a = 3
> 
> b must hold 3. But it's not true. 

True.

> IMHO it's better to say that the python names are like pointers only
> for mutable objects.

No, this implies a distinction that doesn't exist, IMHO.

It's best not to mention pointers at all, people who know C just get
the wrong idea.

Cheers,
M.

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