greg wrote: > You need to stop using the term "copy by reference", > because it's meaningless. Just remember that assignment
I agree that "copy by reference" is a bad choice of words. I meant pass by reference and assign by reference. But the effect is to make a virtual copy, so although the phrase is perhaps misleading, it is not "meaningless." <cut> > Again, this is something you'll find easier when > you've had more experience with Python. Generally, > you only need to copy something when you want an > independent object that you can manipulate without > affecting anything else, although that probably > doesn't sound very helpful. Yes, I realize that, but deciding *when* you need a copy is the hard part. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
