[Tutor] string immutability

[Steve Willoughby]

On 24-Oct-11 12:17, Johan Martinez wrote:
> Thanks for the replies everyone - Steve, Dave, Sander and Wayne. I
> realized my wrong understanding/interpretation after posting the message
> to the list, which usually  happens most of the time with me!

That happens to most of us all the time too :)  Unfortunately, with the 
lag between posting to the list and mail getting out to everyone, you'll 
probably get several replies that all say the same thing--we're not 
piling up on you, it's just a bunch of people being helpful without 
seeing that someone already answered yet.

Glad we could help.  Looking more into how Python variables work unlocks 
a lot of potential for all sorts of data structure operations that other 
languages require pointers to do, but are a lot easier when essentially 
all "variables" are references to objects but with the details handled 
behind the scenes for you.

-- 
Steve Willoughby / steve at alchemy.com
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
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