Antoon Pardon <antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be>: > Op 09-06-16 om 11:19 schreef Marko Rauhamaa: >> The difference is not in the variables but in the expressions. In >> Python, >> >> 1 >> >> evaluates to a pointer; in C, it evaluates to an int. Furthermore, in >> Python, >> >> A >> >> evaluates to a pointer; in C, it evaluates to a struct. > > If a variable evaluates to something different, in different > languages, the variable don't do the exact same thing in > the different languages.
In fact, it turns out that the variables are evaluated identically in both C and Python. In both cases, a variable evaluates to the value the variable is holding at the moment. However, since all Python expressions evaluate into pointers, there's no way to assign anything but a pointer to a variable. In C, expression evaluation is much more diverse, as is variable typing. Since Python variable is always holding a pointer, its straightforward evaluation results in a pointer, closing the circle. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
