Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Python's behaviour is not the same as what Pascal, or C, calls call-by-value.
Python's assignment is not the same as what Pascal or C calls assignment, either. Yet we don't hear anyone claim that the term "assignment" shouldn't be used in Python. The difference between call-by-value in Python and Pascal is exactly the same difference as there is between assignment in Python and Pascal. Why should we throw out one term but not the other? -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
