non-owning references?

[Carl Banks]

On Jul 24, 8:14 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt... at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Hrvoje Niksic <hnik... at xemacs.org> writes:
> > The term "variable" is used in the Python language reference and
> > elsewhere
>
> Yes. It should also be abundantly clear from the constant stream of
> confused newbies on this point that its usage of that term is different
> to what many expect from usage elsewhere.

Personally, I haven't noticed a constant stream, just a few here and
there.

I expect that someone used to C variables will expect Python variables
to behave the same way even if you call them something different, so
what really is the point?


Carl Banks