On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:33:50 -0800, Steve Howell wrote: > You seem to be missing the point that "curly braces" is a concrete > term that very specifically applies to spelling.
And you seem to be missing the point that "pointer" is also a concrete term that very specifically applies to, well, pointers. [...] > I agree that "reference" is a much better term than "pointer.". It has > the right amount of generalness in my opinion. I think "violence" is a > bit overstated, but your bigger point is well taken and it seems like > "reference" is useful middle ground between pure cpython language and > misrepresentative analogy. But reference also has a concrete meaning: C++ has a type explicitly called "reference": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(C++) And of course call-by-reference (or pass-by-reference) has a specific, technical meaning. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
