I have a newbie doubt about Python return values. In (say) C/C++, if we try to return a value which is stored inside the procedure stack, we will get an error when trying to access it outside of that procedure. For example: function foo(): dcl y int dcl x pointer to int pointing to y return x
function bar(): x = foo() ... use x This will error out since the memory has be taken back. Now, in Python, we do it everytime, because all variables are references, and even returns just copies the references. function pyfoo(): return 786 function pyfoo1(): x = xclass() return x function pybar(): x = pyfoo() y = pyfoo1() ... use x, y Why doesnt it error out? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list