In article <[email protected]>, Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gregory Ewing <[email protected]> writes: > > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > Because everything in Python is an object, and objects always are > > > handled by their references. > > > > <beginner_thought> So, we have objects... and we have > > references to objects... but everything is an object... > > so does that mean references are objects too? > > </beginner_thought> > > My response: No, because references are not things :-) > > I've never known a programming beginner to express such a question. Have > you? You make light of Gregory's point, but he's right. That's exactly the kind of thing a beginner would get confused about. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
