Confusion: assignments create object references.

[Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters]

"Havens, Peter" <Peter.Havens at Level3.com> wrote previously:
|I am confused about when assignments create references to objects as
|opposed to copying the value of those objects.

This is an easy one to answer:  Assignment ALWAYS creates references to
objects (in Python).

Yours, Lulu...

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