Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'?

From	John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'?
Date	2014-02-17 19:17 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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References	<9b80c233-ad31-44c8-8a6e-9002ab11bd0d@googlegroups.com>

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In <9b80c233-ad31-44c8-8a6e-9002ab11bd0d@googlegroups.com> Nir <nirchernia@gmail.com> writes:

> >>> k = ['hi','boss']
> >>>
> >>> k
> ['hi', 'boss']
> >>> k= [s.upper for s in k]
> >>> k
> [<built-in method upper of str object at 0x00000000021B2AF8>, <built-in method upper of str object at 0x0000000002283F58>]

> Why doesn't the python interpreter just return
> ['HI, 'BOSS'] ?

> This isn't a big deal, but I am just curious as to why it does this.

Because you typed 'str.upper' instead of 'str.upper()'.

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Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Nir <nirchernia@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 09:00 -0800
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-02-17 09:08 -0800
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 12:08 -0500
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-02-17 12:08 -0500
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-17 19:09 +0200
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 11:14 -0600
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-02-17 19:17 +0000

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