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Re: variable vs. object

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: variable vs. object
Date 2015-11-30 07:28 +0200
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fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com>:

> I read several parts on line about Python that everything in Python is
> an object.

Python has two distinct entities: objects and references.

All numbers, strings, classes, modules, class instances, files etc are
objects.

Variables, however, are not objects. They are references. Here are
different references:

   a                  # variable
   a.x                # attribute
   a[3]               # subscription

> Yes, it is a key difference with other languages.

Python shares this feature with many higher-level languages.


Marko

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variable vs. object fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 18:06 -0800
  Re: variable vs. object Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 21:16 -0500
  Re: variable vs. object André Roberge <andre.roberge@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 18:24 -0800
    Re: variable vs. object Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-30 13:45 +1100
  Re: variable vs. object Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-11-30 13:41 +1100
  Re: variable vs. object Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-30 07:28 +0200
  Re: variable vs. object Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2015-11-30 09:09 +0100
  Re: variable vs. object Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 19:19 +1100

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