Variable Modifications in a class

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Alan Kennedy:
> "Mehta, Anish" wrote:
  [...]
> >    c = b
>      ^^^^^
> 
> This is where you are misunderstanding python.
> 
> "b" and "c" are not variables, they are references. They are simply a name,
> which is "bound" to something, so the name "refers to" the something.

Nitpicking: 'b' and 'c' *are* variables.  It's just that what the
word 'variable' means in Python is different than what it means in
some other languages; in particular assignment is name-binding,
not value-copying, as you make clear.

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