Re: assignment to reference

2005-10-27 Thread Loris Caren
Thank you all for your replies. They have helped me understand that immutable means just that! Blame my c heritage where a pointer allows you to scribble over anything. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

assignment to reference

2005-10-26 Thread Loris Caren
If a = 'apple' b = 'banana' c = 'cabbage' How can I get something like:- for i in 'abc': r = eval(i) if r == 'cabbage': r = 'coconut' actually change the object referenced by r rather than creating a new object temporarily referenced by it? I've tried playing with eval and exec