Aahz wrote:
There you have it -- call by value is offially defined in
terms of assignment. There is no mention in there of copying.
So it's perfectly correct to use it in relation to Python.
Except, of course, for the fact that it is generally misleading.
It's not only misleading, it's also a seriously flawed reading of the
original text - the Algol 60 report explicitly talks about assignment of
*values*.
I'm not aware of any language where a reference to an object, rather
than the *contents* of the object, is seen as the object's actual value.
It's definitely not true for Python, at least.
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