What other languages use the same data model as Python?
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon May 9 13:15:05 EDT 2011
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> But that's wrong! Names (little boxes) can't point to *slots in a list*,
> any more than they can point to other names! This doesn't work:
>
>
> --> L = [None, 42, None]
> --> a = L[0]
> --> L[0] = 23
> --> print(a) # This doesn't work!
> 23
Minor nitpick -- having a comment saying "this doesn't work" then having
output showing that it does is confusing. I had to load up the
interpretor to make sure I was confused! ;)
~Ethan~
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