On 12/6/05, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lots of good stuff from Wes snipped... > > (a side note here: that only mutable objects have methods.) > > But this is not quite true. Strings are immutable and have lots > of methods and even tuples and plain integers have methods
oh POO. i *knew* i shouldn't have been replying in the middle of the nite. yes, they all really do. string methods are even available "to the public," i.e. by default already defined, unlike those where you have to override them to "make them work." what i really wanted to say was that because objects are passed in by reference, any mutable object's methods that modify it will (obviously) propagate those changes regardless of where you reference that object. i think the main point was altering a mutable object vs. reassigning the reference to another object. thanks for keeping me on my toes alan! -- wesley ps. i'd like to encourage folks to attend the next PyCon this Feb in Dallas -- the registration fees have been kept low for one purpose: to get you to come even if your company is not footing the bill. it's great fun, you'll learn a lot, and i hope to meet some of you there! more info at http://us.pycon.org ... earlybird reg ends Dec 31! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2006,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
