[Tutor] Advice Please

[Mark Lawrence]

On 17/06/2020 04:18, David wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 06:11, John Weller <john at johnweller.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> [...]  I am new to Python but not programming.  [...] In the languages I am
>> used to I would pass the parameters to the function by reference [...] My
>> question is – what do you recommend?
>>
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> In addition to the other replies, I strongly recommend you
> watch "Facts and Myths about Python names and values" [1],
> a presentation given at PyCon 2015 by Ned Batchelder, a
> very well regarded educator in the Python community.
> 
> You can also search youtube for other presentations by Ned
> or Raymond Hettinger, they will greatly improve your Python
> insight beyond what you will find in the books and written
> documentation.
> 
> Python is a beautiful language, but some of that beauty
> requires insights to appreciate, and the official docs don't
> do a great job of providing that in my experience.
> 
> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AEJHKGk9ns

Another resource 
https://jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/11/13/is-python-callbyvalue-or-callbyreference-neither/

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My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence