learning python ...

[Michael F. Stemper]

On 24/05/2021 23.08, hw wrote:
> On 5/25/21 12:37 AM, Greg Ewing wrote:

>> Python does have references to *objects*. All objects live on
>> the heap and are kept alive as long as there is at least one
>> reference to them.
>>
>> If you rebind a name, and it held the last reference to an
>> object, there is no way to get that object back.
> 
> Are all names references?  When I pass a name as a parameter to a 
> function, does the object the name is referring to, when altered by the 
> function, still appear altered after the function has returned?  I 
> wouldn't expect that ...

I just ran a quick check and java (Ack, spit) does the same thing.


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Michael F. Stemper
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