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Re: Deep vs. shallow copy?

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Deep vs. shallow copy?
Date 2014-03-13 14:27 +0200
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Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>:

>  Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
>> Because Python doesn't have true procedures
>
> What do you mean by "true procedure"? Are you just talking about
> subroutines that don't return any value, i.e. fortran's SUBROUTINE vs.
> FUNCTION?

Ah, the "no true procedure" argument:

 - No true procedure returns a value.

 - That's false. Python's procedures return None.

 - They are not true procedures.


Marko

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Deep vs. shallow copy? Alex van der Spek <zdoor@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-12 14:25 +0000
  Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-03-12 09:48 -0500
  Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 10:00 -0500
    Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Alex van der Spek <zdoor@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-12 15:29 +0000
      Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Wayne Brehaut <wbrehaut@mcsnet.ca> - 2014-03-12 13:06 -0600
      Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-12 23:07 +0000
        Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 20:09 -0700
          Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Ian <hobson42@gmail.com> - 2014-03-13 11:38 +0000
            Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-03-13 08:28 -0700
              Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? random832@fastmail.us - 2014-03-13 13:25 -0400
        Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-13 07:44 -0400
          Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-13 14:27 +0200
            Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-13 23:41 +0000
              Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-14 10:55 +1100
                Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-14 01:41 +0000
              Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-03-13 18:08 -0600
              Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-14 11:22 +1100
                Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-14 01:59 +0000
              Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-03-13 19:57 -0700
                Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-14 04:43 +0000
              Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-14 06:17 +0000
          Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-13 23:31 +0000

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