On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:27:15 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > When you call a function, Python binds function parameter names to > argument objects in the function's local namespace, the same as in name > assignments. Given > > def f(a, b): pass > > a call f(1, 'x') starts by executing > > a, b = 1, 'x' > > in the local namespace. Nothing is being 'passed'.
If nothing is being passed, how does the function know to bind 1 and 'x' to names a and b, rather than (say) this? a, b = 23, 'Surprise!" -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
