Finding the instance reference of an object

greg greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Oct 31 03:47:44 EDT 2008


Aaron Brady wrote:

> Maybe I missed this part.  What does the phrase, "value of variable x"
> mean in Python?

I didn't use the phrase "value of variable x" anywhere in my
definitions, so it doesn't matter what it means, or even
whether it means anything at all.

> If "value of 'x'" is not defined, we should agree on a definition
> that's really clear and useful, favoring useful.  After that's
> established, we can proceed to evaluating what 'call by value' would
> behave like, which would then determine if Python behaves like it.

There you go, getting distracted by that annoying word
"value". Forget about it, we don't need it!

-- 
Greg



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