[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I just came across this unusual situation where I'd like to modify a > string passed to a function
Again: Why? The normal way to do this is to create a new string and return that. > which seems impossible since Python passes arguments by value. No, Python passes arguments by reference <URL:http://effbot.org/zone/python-objects.htm>. -- \ “For of those to whom much is given, much is required.” —John | `\ F. Kennedy | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list